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Long Trip Alone: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Dierks Bentley

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Deep-breath 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 Trip Alone without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

Long Trip Alone accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Bm – G – Bm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 B6 F#6 D6 B5 F#5 E#5 E5 D#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

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 Trip Alone

What are the letter notes for the Long Trip Alone 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 G – Bm – G – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Long Trip Alone?

The loop is G – Bm – G – Bm (I – iii – I – iii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Long Trip Alone in?

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

What does the left hand play in Long Trip Alone?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Long Trip Alone 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.