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Live With Abandon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Fluttering heartbeatRight hand Bouncy-ball 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 Live With Abandon without reading music. The left hand plays fluttering heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.

Live With Abandon accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Dm – F – C loop with fluttering heartbeat in the left hand and bouncy-ball chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 3
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 4
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 7
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 8
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 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 Live With Abandon

What are the letter notes for the Live With Abandon 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 – Dm – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Live With Abandon?

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

What key is Live With Abandon in?

C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Live With Abandon?

Fluttering heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Live With Abandon 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.