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Never Gone: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Backstreet Boys

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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Pumping 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 Never Gone without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand pumping chords.

Never Gone accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – C – F – Bb loop with three-step climb in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 A2 D3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 3
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 Bb6
LBb2 F3 Bb3
Bar 5
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 A2 D3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 7
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 F3 Bb3

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 Never Gone

What are the letter notes for the Never Gone 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 Dm – C – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Never Gone?

The loop is Dm – C – F – Bb (vi – V – I – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Never Gone in?

F major, at about 115 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Never Gone?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Never Gone 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.