Piano chords · Rock drive
Holding Out For A Hero: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- A minor
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1984
- 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 Holding Out For A Hero without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand run-up chords.
The repeating figure of Holding Out For A Hero 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.
Holding Out For A Hero accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – Am – Em7 – Em7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and run-up chords 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 Holding Out For A Hero
What are the letter notes for the Holding Out For A Hero 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 Am – Am – Em7 – Em7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Holding Out For A Hero?
The loop is Am – Am – Em7 – Em7 (i – v7 – i – v7) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Holding Out For A Hero in?
A minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Holding Out For A Hero?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Holding Out For A Hero 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 Holding Out For A Hero?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.