Piano chords · Rock drive
Long Way To Happy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- F minor
- 4/4
- 82 BPM
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Way To Happy without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand pumping chords.
Long Way To Happy accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Db – Ab – Db loop with power fifths in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Way To Happy
What are the letter notes for the Long Way To Happy 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 Ab – Db – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Long Way To Happy?
The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Db (bIII – bVI – bIII – bVI) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is Long Way To Happy in?
F minor, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Long Way To Happy?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Long Way To Happy 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.