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More Than A Band: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Rowing-boat pulseRight hand Tug-of-war chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 More Than A Band without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths) and the right hand tug-of-war chords.

More Than A Band accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – A – D – G loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand and tug-of-war chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

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 More Than A Band

What are the letter notes for the More Than A Band 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 Bm – A – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in More Than A Band?

The loop is Bm – A – D – G (vi – V – I – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is More Than A Band in?

D major, at about 155 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in More Than A Band?

Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is More Than A Band 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.