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Let Me Go: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Sonya Kitchell

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Sprint-and-stop 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 Let Me Go without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.

Let Me Go accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Am – F – C loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4

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 Let Me Go

What are the letter notes for the Let Me Go 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 – Am – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Let Me Go?

The loop is C – Am – F – C (I – vi – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on Am – F – C.

What key is Let Me Go in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Let Me Go?

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let Me Go 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.