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Keep Holding On: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Glee Cast

  • G major
  • 6/8
  • 77 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Rowing-boat pulseThe 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 Keep Holding On without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

Keep Holding On accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Em – Csus4 – G loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 3
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 7
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 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 Keep Holding On

What are the letter notes for the Keep Holding On 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 G – Em – Csus4 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Keep Holding On?

The loop is G – Em – Csus4 – G (I5 – vi – IVsus – I5) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Keep Holding On in?

G major, at about 77 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Keep Holding On?

Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Keep Holding On 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.