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Hold Onto My Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Graham Colton & Neal Carpenter

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Left hand Island pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Onto My Heart without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2), and the right hand sings the tune.

Hold Onto My Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 – G loop with island pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gsus4
RG4+C5+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 2
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 3
Gsus4
RG4+C5+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 4
G
RG4+B4+D5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Gsus4
RG4+C5+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 6
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 7
Gsus4
RG4+C5+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 8
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2

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 Onto My Heart

What are the letter notes for the Hold Onto My Heart 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 Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hold Onto My Heart?

The loop is Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 – G (Isus – I – Isus – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – Gsus4 – G.

What key is Hold Onto My Heart in?

G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hold Onto My Heart?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hold Onto My Heart 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.