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Remember December: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Demi Lovato

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Remember December without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves), and the right hand sings the tune.

Remember December accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Ab – Db – Fm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 3
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4
Bar 4
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 C7 Ab6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 5
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 7
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4 Db3 Db4
Bar 8
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3

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 Remember December

What are the letter notes for the Remember December 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 Fm – Ab – Db – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Remember December?

The loop is Fm – Ab – Db – Fm (vi – I – IV – vi) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Remember December in?

Ab major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Remember December?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Remember December 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.