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Out Of Thin Air: piano accompaniment sheet music

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Out Of Thin Air written out as piano music: the I – IV – I – V loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

Out Of Thin Air chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DID F# A
2GIVG B D
3DID F# A
4AVA C# E

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: open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right, over the D – G – D – A 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 Thin Air

Does the sheet music for Out Of Thin Air 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 Thin Air?

The loop is D – G – D – A (I – IV – I – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A7 – D.

What key is Out Of Thin Air in?

D major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Out Of Thin Air?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Out Of Thin Air 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.