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No Apologies: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by James David Washington & Timbaland
- E minor
- 4/4
- 75 BPM
- i–bVI–i–bVI loop
- 2015
- Medium
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 No Apologies without reading music. The left hand plays skipping-stone pulse (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3&) and the right hand pumping chords.
No Apologies accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – C – Em – C loop with skipping-stone pulse in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 No Apologies
What are the letter notes for the No Apologies 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 – C – Em – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in No Apologies?
The loop is Em – C – Em – C (i – bVI – i – bVI) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is No Apologies in?
E minor, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in No Apologies?
Skipping-stone pulse: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is No Apologies 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.