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Light It Up: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Luke Bryan

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Left hand Drowsy heartbeatThe 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 Light It Up without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

Light It Up accompaniment in letter notes

The F#m – E – A – D loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 2
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 3
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 4
D
RD4+F#4+A4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5 E5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 5
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 6
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 7
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 8
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2

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 Light It Up

What are the letter notes for the Light It Up 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 F#m – E – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Light It Up?

The loop is F#m – E – A – D (i – bVII – bIII – bVI) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is Light It Up in?

F# minor, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Light It Up?

Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Light It Up 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.