Piano chords · Slow dance ’50s
Now We Are Free: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Klaus Badelt
- G major
- 3/4
- 72 BPM
- 2000
- 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 Now We Are Free without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Now We Are Free accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – D – Bm – Em loop with slow-dance heartbeat 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 Now We Are Free
What are the letter notes for the Now We Are Free 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 – D – Bm – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Now We Are Free?
The loop is Am – D – Bm – Em (ii – V – iii – vi) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Now We Are Free in?
G major, at about 72 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Now We Are Free?
Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Now We Are Free 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.