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More Than A Feeling: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Boston

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 116 BPM
  • 1976
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Eager chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Feeling without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand eager chords.

The intro of More Than A Feeling in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Csus4 → G
RC4 G4 D4 B3 G4 D4 G3 D4
Lrest
Bar 2
D
RD4 D4 A3 G4 D4 F#4 D4 G4
LD3 A2
Bar 3
Csus4 → G
RC4 G4 D4 B3 G4 D4 G3 D4
LC3 B2 G2
Bar 4
D
RD4 D4 A3 G4 D4 F#4 D4 G4
LD3 A2

More Than A Feeling accompaniment in letter notes

The Csus4 – G – D – Csus4 – G – D loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and eager chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Csus4 → G
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LC3 C3 C3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
Csus4 → G
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LC3 C3 C3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 D7 A6 F#6 D6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Csus4 → G
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LC3 C3 C3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
Csus4 → G
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LC3 C3 C3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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 Feeling

What are the letter notes for the More Than A Feeling 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 Csus4 – G – D – Csus4 – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in More Than A Feeling?

The loop is Csus4 – G – D – Csus4 – G – D (bVIIsus4 – IV – I – bVIIsus4 – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is More Than A Feeling in?

D major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.

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

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is More Than A Feeling easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of More Than A Feeling?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.