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Nobody Not Really: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Alicia Keys

  • A minor
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Pausing chordsChords 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 Nobody Not Really without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pausing chords.

Nobody Not Really accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – F#m – Am – F#m loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 2
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 4
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 D4 E4 E#4 G4 A4 B4 B#5 D5
LF#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 6
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 8
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#3

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 Nobody Not Really

What are the letter notes for the Nobody Not Really 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 Am – F#m – Am – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Nobody Not Really?

The loop is Am – F#m – Am – F#m (i – vi – i – vi) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is Nobody Not Really in?

A minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Nobody Not Really?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Nobody Not Really easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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