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Into The Open Air: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Alexander L. Mandel

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Left hand Slow-dance heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Into The Open Air without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Into The Open Air accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – A – D – G loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 2
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 4
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6 D7
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 6
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 8
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2

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 Into The Open Air

What are the letter notes for the Into The Open Air 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 Bm – A – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Into The Open Air?

The loop is Bm – A – D – G (vi – V – I – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Into The Open Air in?

D major, at about 99 beats a minute in 9/8.

What does the left hand play in Into The Open Air?

Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Into The Open Air easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.