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Human: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Christina Perri

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 72 BPM
  • 2013
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Steady 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 Human without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand steady chords.

Human accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Ab – Cm – Db loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 2
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 3
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 4
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 5
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 6
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 7
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 8
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4

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 Human

What are the letter notes for the Human 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 Db – Ab – Cm – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Human?

The loop is Db – Ab – Cm – Db (IV – I – iii – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Human in?

Ab major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Human?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Human 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.