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Hold It Against Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 133 BPM
- Easy
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Hold It Against Me without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand offbeat skank.
Hold It Against Me accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Ab – Bb – Gm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about Hold It Against Me
What are the letter notes for the Hold It Against Me piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Cm – Ab – Bb – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hold It Against Me?
The loop is Cm – Ab – Bb – Gm (vi – IV – V – iii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Hold It Against Me in?
Eb major, at about 133 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hold It Against Me?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hold It Against Me easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.