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Hold My Girl: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By George Ezra

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 126 BPM
  • 2018
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Double-clap chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 My Girl without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand double-clap chords.

Hold My Girl accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Bb – Dsus4 – Fsus4 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and double-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Dsus4
RA4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 4
Fsus4
RC5+F5+Bb5 C5+F5+Bb5 Bb6 F6 C6 Bb5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Dsus4
RA4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 8
Fsus4
RC5+F5+Bb5 C5+F5+Bb5 C5+F5+Bb5 C5+F5+Bb5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 My Girl

What are the letter notes for the Hold My Girl 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 G – Bb – Dsus4 – Fsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hold My Girl?

The loop is G – Bb – Dsus4 – Fsus4 (VI – I – IIIsus – Vsus) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Hold My Girl in?

Bb major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hold My Girl?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hold My Girl easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.