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Long Trip Alone: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Dierks Bentley

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Long Trip Alone written out as piano music: the I – iii – I – iii loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

Long Trip Alone chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1GIG B D
2BmiiiB D F#
3GIG B D
4BmiiiB D F#

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: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right, over the G – Bm – G – Bm 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 Long Trip Alone

Does the sheet music for Long Trip Alone 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 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.