Piano chords · Old-time stride
Rise Above 2: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 2011
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Rise Above 2 without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand ticking clock.
Rise Above 2 accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Gm – Eb loop with oom-pah in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Rise Above 2
What are the letter notes for the Rise Above 2 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 – F – Gm – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Rise Above 2?
The loop is Bb – F – Gm – Eb (I – V – vi – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Rise Above 2 in?
Bb major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Rise Above 2?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Rise Above 2 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.