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Long & Lost: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Florence And The Machine

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Double-skip 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 Long & Lost without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand double-skip chords.

Long & Lost accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Gm – F – Gm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2

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 Long & Lost

What are the letter notes for the Long & Lost 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 – Gm – F – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Long & Lost?

The loop is F – Gm – F – Gm (V – vi – V – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Long & Lost in?

Bb major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Long & Lost?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Long & Lost 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.