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Money Make Her Smile: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Bruno Mars, Ari Levine & others

  • E minor
  • 4/4
  • 92 BPM
  • 2012
  • Medium
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Lighthouse blinkChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Money Make Her Smile without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand lighthouse blink.

Money Make Her Smile accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – Bm – C#dim – C loop with walking roots in the left hand and lighthouse blink in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RB4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 2
Bm
RF#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4
LB2 B2 B3 B3
Bar 3
C#dim
RG4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#4 C#4
Bar 4
C
RG4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 5
Em
RB4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 6
Bm
RF#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4 F#4 B4
LB2 B2 B3 B3
Bar 7
C#dim
RG4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5 G4 C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#4 C#4
Bar 8
C
RG4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5 G4 C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4

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 Money Make Her Smile

What are the letter notes for the Money Make Her Smile 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 Em – Bm – C#dim – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Money Make Her Smile?

The loop is Em – Bm – C#dim – C (i – v – vio – bVI) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Money Make Her Smile in?

E minor, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Money Make Her Smile?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Money Make Her Smile 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.