Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
House Of Blue Light: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Billy Joel
- G minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- i–IV7–i–IV7 loop
- 1989
- 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 House Of Blue Light without reading music. The left hand plays boogie climb (broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5) and the right hand soft chords.
House Of Blue Light accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – C7 – Gm – C7 loop with boogie climb in the left hand and soft 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 House Of Blue Light
What are the letter notes for the House Of Blue Light 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 Gm – C7 – Gm – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in House Of Blue Light?
The loop is Gm – C7 – Gm – C7 (i – IV7 – i – IV7) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is House Of Blue Light in?
G minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in House Of Blue Light?
Boogie climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is House Of Blue Light 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.