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Not Even The King: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Swelling 6/8Right hand Cradle 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 Not Even The King without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand cradle chords.

Not Even The King accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – G – Am loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand and cradle chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 A3 F3 C3
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 E4 C4 G3
Bar 3
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 B3 G3 D3
Bar 4
Am
RA3+C4+E4 E4 A4 C5 E5 A5 C6
LA2 E3 A3 C4 A3 E3
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 A3 F3 C3
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 E4 C4 G3
Bar 7
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 B3 G3 D3
Bar 8
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C4 A3 E3

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 Not Even The King

What are the letter notes for the Not Even The King 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 F – C – G – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Not Even The King?

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

What key is Not Even The King in?

C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Not Even The King?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Not Even The King 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.