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Make It Happen: piano accompaniment sheet music
Artist unknown
- E major
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- vi–V–IV–vi loop
- 2011
- Medium
Make It Happen written out as piano music: the vi – V – IV – vi loop in E major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand ticking clock.
Make It Happen chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in E major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C#m | vi | C# E G# |
| 2 | B | V | B D# F# |
| 3 | A | IV | A C# E |
| 4 | C#m | vi | C# E G# |
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: heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the C#m – B – A – C#m 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.
Play next
The same vi–V–IV–vi loop
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about Make It Happen
Does the sheet music for Make It Happen 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 Make It Happen?
The loop is C#m – B – A – C#m (vi – V – IV – vi) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Make It Happen in?
E major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Make It Happen?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Make It Happen 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.