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Pieces: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ella Henderson

  • Db major
  • 4/4
  • 116 BPM
  • 2014
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsThe right hand sings the tuneChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Pieces without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

The repeating figure of 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.

Bar 1
Db
RF4 Ab4 Db5 Ab4 Ab4 F4
LDb3+Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4
Bar 2
Gb
RGb4 Bb4 F5 Eb5 Db5
LGb2 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4
Bar 3
Bbm
RDb5 Bb4 Db5 Eb5 C5
LBb2 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Gb4
LAb2 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4 Db4

Pieces accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab loop with engine 8ths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 C7 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Bbb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 Pieces

What are the letter notes for 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 Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Pieces?

The loop is Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab (I – IV – vi – V) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.

What key is Pieces in?

Db major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Pieces?

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

Is 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Pieces?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.