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Run To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Third Day

  • E minor
  • 6/8
  • 84 BPM
  • 2008
  • Medium
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Left hand Swelling 6/8Right hand Tug-of-war chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 To You without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand tug-of-war chords.

The intro of Run To You in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RG4+B4 E4 G4+B4 E4 G4+B4 E4 G4+B4 E4
LE2 B2 E3 B2
Bar 2
C
RE4+C5 E4+B4 E4+A4 E4+A4 G4 A4
LE2 C3 E3 C3
Bar 3
Em
RG4+B4 E4 G4+B4 E4 G4+B4 E4 G4+B4 E4
LE2 B2 E3 B2
Bar 4
C
RE4+C5 E4+B4 E4+A4 E4+A4 G4 A4
LE2 C3 E3 C3

Run To You accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – C – Em – C loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand and tug-of-war chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 E3 G3 E3 B2
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 E4 C4 G3
Bar 3
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 E3 G3 E3 B2
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6
LC3 G3 C4 E4 C4 G3
Bar 5
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 E3 G3 E3 B2
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 E4 C4 G3
Bar 7
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 E3 G3 E3 B2
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 E4 C4 G3

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 To You

What are the letter notes for the Run To You 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 Em – C – Em – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Run To You?

The loop is Em – C – Em – C (i – VI – i – VI) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Run To You in?

E minor, at about 84 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Run To You?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Run To You 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Run To You?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.