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Run: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 4/4
- 68 BPM
- 2003
- 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 Run without reading music. The left hand plays chugging-train pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand jump-in chords.
Run accompaniment in letter notes
The B7 – Em – G – C loop with chugging-train pulse in the left hand and jump-in chords 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 Run
What are the letter notes for the Run 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 B7 – Em – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Run?
The loop is B7 – Em – G – C (III7 – vi – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Run in?
G major, at about 68 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Run?
Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Run 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.