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Hold On To The Nights: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Richard Marx
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1987
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 On To The Nights without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand ticking clock.
The opening of Hold On To The Nights in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Hold On To The Nights accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Fm – Ab – Bb loop with giant steps in the left hand and ticking clock 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 On To The Nights
What are the letter notes for the Hold On To The Nights 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 – Fm – Ab – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hold On To The Nights?
The loop is Cm – Fm – Ab – Bb (vi – ii – IV – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Hold On To The Nights in?
Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hold On To The Nights?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hold On To The Nights 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Hold On To The Nights?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the opening of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.