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Kindly Calm Me Down: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Meghan Trainor

  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 82 BPM
  • 2016
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Pumping chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Kindly Calm Me Down written out as piano music: the i – iv – bIII – i loop in B minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand pumping chords.

Kindly Calm Me Down chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in B minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BmiB D F#
2EmivE G B
3DIIID F# A
4BmiB D F#

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: tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the Bm – Em – D – Bm 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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Questions about Kindly Calm Me Down

Does the sheet music for Kindly Calm Me Down 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 Kindly Calm Me Down?

The loop is Bm – Em – D – Bm (i – iv – bIII – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Kindly Calm Me Down in?

B minor, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Kindly Calm Me Down?

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 Kindly Calm Me Down 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.