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Love On The Rocks: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Neil Diamond

  • A minor
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1980
  • Easy
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Left hand Round-trip rippleThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Love On The Rocks without reading music. The left hand plays round-trip ripple (broken chord 1-5-8-5-1), and the right hand sings the tune.

Love On The Rocks accompaniment in letter notes

The F – G – Em – F loop with round-trip ripple in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F2
Bar 2
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 D3 G2
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 B2 E2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F2
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F2
Bar 6
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 D3 G2
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 B2 E2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F2

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 Love On The Rocks

What are the letter notes for the Love On The Rocks 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 – G – Em – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Love On The Rocks?

The loop is F – G – Em – F (bVI – bVII – v – bVI) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is Love On The Rocks in?

A minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Love On The Rocks?

Round-trip ripple: broken chord 1-5-8-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Love On The Rocks easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.