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One Call Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Charlie Puth

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Left hand Hop-skip heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 One Call Away without reading music. The left hand plays hop-skip heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

One Call Away accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Ab – Bbm – Gb loop with hop-skip heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5 Eb4 F4 Gb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2

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 One Call Away

What are the letter notes for the One Call Away 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 Db – Ab – Bbm – Gb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in One Call Away?

The loop is Db – Ab – Bbm – Gb (I – V – vi – IV) in Db major, and the song ends on Db – Gb – Db.

What key is One Call Away in?

Db major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in One Call Away?

Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is One Call Away 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.