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One Last Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ariana Grande

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 125 BPM
  • 2014
  • Easy
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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Swing pushChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 Last Time without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand swing push.

The main tune of One Last Time in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm7 → Cm7
RAb3 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Bb3+Eb4 C4 Ab3+C4
LF2 G2 Ab2
Bar 2
Fm7 → Db
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Db4+Eb4 C4+C4 F3+Ab3
LDb3
Bar 3
Cm → Db
REb4 Db4 Db4 Eb3+C4 F3+Bb3 Ab3 Eb3+Ab3
LC3 Db3 C3
Bar 4
Db → Bbm7
RF3+Eb4 Db4 Ab3 Db4 G3+C4 Bb3 Ab3
LDb3 F3 Eb3

One Last Time accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Db – Cm – Db – Db – Bbm7 loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and swing push in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm7 → Cm7
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 2
Fm7 → Db
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4
Bar 3
Cm → Db
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4
Bar 4
Db → Bbm7
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 F6 Db6 Bb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db4 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Fm7 → Cm7
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 6
Fm7 → Db
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4
Bar 7
Cm → Db
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4
Bar 8
Db → Bbm7
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db4 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3

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 Last Time

What are the letter notes for the One Last Time 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 Fm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Db – Cm – Db – Db – Bbm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in One Last Time?

The loop is Fm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Db – Cm – Db – Db – Bbm7 (vi7 – iii7 – vi7 – IV – iii – IV – ii7 – vi7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is One Last Time in?

Ab major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in One Last Time?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is One Last Time easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of One Last Time?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.