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Lieb Vaterland: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Udo Jurgens

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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Lieb Vaterland written out as piano music: the V7 – I – V7 – I loop in F major 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 ticking clock.

Lieb Vaterland chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1C7V7C E G Bb
2FIF A C
3C7V7C E G Bb
4FIF A C

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 ticking clock in the right, over the C7 – F – C7 – F 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 Lieb Vaterland

Does the sheet music for Lieb Vaterland 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 Lieb Vaterland?

The loop is C7 – F – C7 – F (V7 – I – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C – F.

What key is Lieb Vaterland in?

F major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Lieb Vaterland?

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 Lieb Vaterland 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.