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Home: piano accompaniment sheet music

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

Home written out as piano music: the III7 – vi – I7 – IV loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10) and the right hand soft chords.

Home chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1B7III7B D# F# A
2EmviE G B
3G7I7G B D F
4CIVC E G

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10) in the left hand and soft chords in the right, over the B7 – Em – G7 – C chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Home

Does the sheet music for Home have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

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.