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Right Now: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By One Direction

  • D minor
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Tricky
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Left hand Thunder tremoloRight hand Wait-a-beat 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 Right Now without reading music. The left hand plays thunder tremolo (octave tremolo) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

Right Now accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Bb – C – F loop with thunder tremolo in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 3
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 F6 C6 A5 F5 C5 A4 F4 C4
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 7
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 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 Right Now

What are the letter notes for the Right Now 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 F – Bb – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Right Now?

The loop is F – Bb – C – F (bIII – bVI – bVII – bIII) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is Right Now in?

D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Right Now?

Thunder tremolo: octave tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Right Now 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.