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Red Clay: piano accompaniment sheet music
- C# minor
- 4/4
- 145 BPM
- 1972
- Tricky
Play the full song with sheet music
Red Clay written out as piano music: the i – bvii – bIII7 – bVI loop in C# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rocket sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15) and the right hand peekaboo chords.
Red Clay chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C#m | i | C# E G# |
| 2 | Bm | vii | B D F# |
| 3 | E7 | III7 | E G# B D |
| 4 | A | VI | A C# E |
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: rocket sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15) in the left hand and peekaboo chords in the right, over the C#m – Bm – E7 – A 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 Red Clay
Does the sheet music for Red Clay 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 Red Clay?
The loop is C#m – Bm – E7 – A (i – bvii – bIII7 – bVI) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.
What key is Red Clay in?
C# minor, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Red Clay?
Rocket sweep: wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Red Clay easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.