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On My Mind: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ellie Goulding

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Left hand Island pulseRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 On My Mind without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand ticking clock.

On My Mind accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – C – Dm – Bb loop with island pulse in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Dm
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Dm
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 On My Mind

What are the letter notes for the On My Mind 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 Bb – C – Dm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in On My Mind?

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

What key is On My Mind in?

F major, at about 154 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in On My Mind?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is On My Mind 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.