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Out Of My League: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Troy Andrews, Michael Ballard & others

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Out Of My League written out as piano music: the IV – iii – IV – iii loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

Out Of My League chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in C major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1FIVF A C
2EmiiiE G B
3FIVF A C
4EmiiiE G B

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the F – Em – F – Em chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Out Of My League

Does the sheet music for Out Of My League have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Out Of My League?

The loop is F – Em – F – Em (IV – iii – IV – iii) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Out Of My League in?

C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Out Of My League?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Out Of My League 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.