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Quantum Leap: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Mike Post

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 134 BPM
  • 1989
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Quantum Leap without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand ticking clock.

Quantum Leap accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cb – Bbsus4 – C loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Cb
RCb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3
LCb2 Cb2 Cb2
Bar 3
Bbsus4
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Cb
RCb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3 Cb3
LCb2 Cb2 Cb2
Bar 7
Bbsus4
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3

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 Quantum Leap

What are the letter notes for the Quantum Leap 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 Eb – Cb – Bbsus4 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Quantum Leap?

The loop is Eb – Cb – Bbsus4 – C (I – bVI – Vsus – VI) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Quantum Leap in?

Eb major, at about 134 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Quantum Leap?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Quantum Leap 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.