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Reach: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Gloria Estefan & Diane Warren

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 72 BPM
  • 1995
  • Easy
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Left hand Hopscotch stepsRight hand Dance-floor 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 Reach without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) and the right hand dance-floor chords.

Reach accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4 loop with hopscotch steps in the left hand and dance-floor chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 4
Bbsus4
RBb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5 F4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 8
Bbsus4
RBb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4 Bb3+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3

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 Reach

What are the letter notes for the Reach 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 Bb – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Reach?

The loop is Bb – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4 (V – ii – IV – Vsus) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Reach in?

Eb major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Reach?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Reach 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.

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