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Home: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Alan Menken

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1994
  • Medium
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Left hand River rollRight hand Soft 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 Home without reading music. The left hand plays river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10) and the right hand soft chords.

Home accompaniment in letter notes

The B7 – Em – G7 – C loop with river roll in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
B7
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 B3 C#4 D#4
Bar 2
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 E3 F#3 G3
Bar 3
G7
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 G3 A3 B3
Bar 4
C
RG4+C5+E5 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 G3 C4 D4 E4
Bar 5
B7
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 B3 C#4 D#4
Bar 6
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 E3 F#3 G3
Bar 7
G7
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 G3 A3 B3
Bar 8
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 C4 D4 E4

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 Home

What are the letter notes for the Home 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 B7 – Em – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Home?

The loop is B7 – Em – G7 – C (III7 – vi – I7 – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Home in?

G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Home?

River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Home 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.