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Pick Up The Pieces: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Average White Band
- F minor
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- 1973
- Medium
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Pick Up The Pieces written out as piano music: the IV7 – bIII7 – bII7 – I7 loop in F minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand pop stabs.
Pick Up The Pieces chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bb7 | IV7 | Bb D F Ab |
| 2 | Ab7 | III7 | Ab C Eb Gb |
| 3 | Gb7 | bII7 | Gb Bb Db Fb |
| 4 | F7 | I7 | F A C Eb |
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: power fifths (lh power fifths) in the left hand and pop stabs in the right, over the Bb7 – Ab7 – Gb7 – F7 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 Pick Up The Pieces
Does the sheet music for Pick Up The Pieces 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 Pick Up The Pieces?
The loop is Bb7 – Ab7 – Gb7 – F7 (IV7 – bIII7 – bII7 – I7) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is Pick Up The Pieces in?
F minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Pick Up The Pieces?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pick Up The Pieces 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.