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Run To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Whitney Houston

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 76 BPM
  • 1991
  • Easy
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Left hand Push and landThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

The catchy part 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
Db
RAb3+Db4+F4+Ab4 Db4 Ab3+Db4+F4 Db4+F4+C5
LDb3 Db3 Ab2 Db3 C3
Bar 2
Bbm → Eb
RBb4 Bb3+Eb4+G4 F4 G4
LBb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Ab
RC4+Eb4+Bb4 Eb4 C4+Ab4 Eb5
LAb2 G2
Bar 4
Ebm7 → F7
REb4+Gb4+Db5 Eb5 Eb4+F4+A4+C5 C4 Db4
LF2 F2

Run To You accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Bbm – Eb – Ab – Ebm7 – F7 loop with push and land in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Bbm → Eb
RBb3+Db4+F4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Ebm7 → F7
REb4+Gb4+Bb4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Bbm → Eb
RBb3+Db4+F4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Ebm7 → F7
REb4+Gb4+Bb4 F4+A4+C5
LEb2 Eb2 F2 F2

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 Db – Bbm – Eb – Ab – Ebm7 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Run To You?

The loop is Db – Bbm – Eb – Ab – Ebm7 – F7 (IV – ii – V – I – v7 – VI7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Dbm – Ab.

What key is Run To You in?

Ab major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Run To You?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Run To You easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Run To You?

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

Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.