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Keep Your Head Up: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Andy Grammer
- C major
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- 2011
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Keep Your Head Up written out as piano music: the ii – I – vi – V loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays galloping heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4) and the right hand steady chords.
Keep Your Head Up chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dm | ii | D F A |
| 2 | C | I | C E G |
| 3 | Am | vi | A C E |
| 4 | G | V | G B D |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: galloping heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the Dm – C – Am – G chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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The same left hand: Galloping heartbeat
Questions about Keep Your Head Up
Does the sheet music for Keep Your Head Up have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Keep Your Head Up?
The loop is Dm – C – Am – G (ii – I – vi – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Keep Your Head Up in?
C major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Keep Your Head Up?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Keep Your Head Up 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.