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Nobody’s Lonely Tonight: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Chris Stapleton & Mike Henderson
- E major
- 6/8
- 75 BPM
- 2006
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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’s Lonely Tonight without reading music. The left hand plays cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Nobody’s Lonely Tonight accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m – E – F#7 – A loop with cradle pulse in the left hand. 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 Nobody’s Lonely Tonight
What are the letter notes for the Nobody’s Lonely Tonight 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 C#m – E – F#7 – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Nobody’s Lonely Tonight?
The loop is C#m – E – F#7 – A (vi – I – II7 – IV) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Nobody’s Lonely Tonight in?
E major, at about 75 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Nobody’s Lonely Tonight?
Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Nobody’s Lonely Tonight 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.