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Out There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Alan Menken

  • E major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1996
  • Medium
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Left hand Boogie walkerRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords 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 Out There without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Out There accompaniment in letter notes

The E – Am – E – E7 loop with boogie walker in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E
RG#4+B4+D5+E5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 D3 B2 C#3 B2 G#2 B2
Bar 2
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 G3+C4+E4 G3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 G3 E3 F#3 E3 C3 E3
Bar 3
E
RG#4+B4+D5+E5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 D3 B2 C#3 B2 G#2 B2
Bar 4
E7
RG#4+B4+D5+E5 D4+G#4+B4 G4 G#4 B4 C#5 B4 G#4 G4 E4
LE2 B2 D3 B2 C#3 B2 G#2 B2
Bar 5
E
RG#4+B4+D5+E5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 D3 B2 C#3 B2 G#2 B2
Bar 6
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 G3+C4+E4 G3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 G3 E3 F#3 E3 C3 E3
Bar 7
E
RG#4+B4+D5+E5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 D3 B2 C#3 B2 G#2 B2
Bar 8
E7
RG#4+B4+D5+E5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 D3 B2 C#3 B2 G#2 B2

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 Out There

What are the letter notes for the Out There 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 E – Am – E – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Out There?

The loop is E – Am – E – E7 (I – iv – I – I7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Out There in?

E major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Out There?

Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Out There 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.