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Innocence: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Avril Lavigne

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Hurrying 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 Innocence without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand hurrying chords.

Innocence accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – A – E – B loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and hurrying chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#m
RE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#4
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 3
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E2 E3
Bar 4
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LB2 B2 B3
Bar 5
C#m
RE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#4
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 7
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E2 E3
Bar 8
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B3

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 Innocence

What are the letter notes for the Innocence 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 C#m – A – E – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Innocence?

The loop is C#m – A – E – B (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Innocence in?

C# minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Innocence?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Innocence 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.