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Pick Up The Pieces: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by James Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie & others
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 104 BPM
- 1974
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Pick Up The Pieces without reading music. The left hand plays hurry-and-wait pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&) and the right hand dance-floor chords.
The intro of Pick Up The Pieces 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.
Pick Up The Pieces accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Eb – Fm – Db loop with hurry-and-wait pulse in the left hand and dance-floor chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Pick Up The Pieces
What are the letter notes for the Pick Up The Pieces 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 Ab – Eb – Fm – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Pick Up The Pieces?
The loop is Ab – Eb – Fm – Db (I – V – vi – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Pick Up The Pieces in?
Ab major, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Pick Up The Pieces?
Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pick Up The Pieces easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Pick Up The Pieces?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro 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.