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Pop Muzik: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Robin Edmond Scott

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pumping 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 Pop Muzik without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

Pop Muzik accompaniment in letter notes

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

Bar 1
Gb
RDb5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 2
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 3
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Gb
RDb5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db7 Bb6 Gb6 Db6 Bb5 Bbb5 Ab5 Abb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 5
Gb
RDb5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 6
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 7
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Gb
RDb5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2

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 Pop Muzik

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

What chords are in Pop Muzik?

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

What key is Pop Muzik in?

Ab major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Pop Muzik?

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

Is Pop Muzik 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.