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Rainbow High (from Evita): piano accompaniment sheet music

By Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Rainbow High (from Evita) written out as piano music: the i – v – i – v loop in Bb minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays carousel (waltz 6/8 oom-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.

Rainbow High (from Evita) chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BbmiBb Db F
2FmvF Ab C
3BbmiBb Db F
4FmvF Ab C

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: carousel (waltz 6/8 oom-pah) in the left hand, with the right hand free for the melody, over the Bbm – Fm – Bbm – Fm 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 Rainbow High (from Evita)

Does the sheet music for Rainbow High (from Evita) 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 Rainbow High (from Evita)?

The loop is Bbm – Fm – Bbm – Fm (i – v – i – v) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.

What key is Rainbow High (from Evita) in?

Bb minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Rainbow High (from Evita)?

Carousel: waltz 6/8 oom-pah, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Rainbow High (from Evita) 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.