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Seasons Of Love (from Rent): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- D minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1996
- 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 Seasons Of Love (from Rent) without reading music. The left hand plays gear-shift pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand swing push.
The main tune of Seasons Of Love (from Rent) 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.
Seasons Of Love (from Rent) accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Bb – F – Bb – Dm7 loop with gear-shift pulse in the left hand and swing push 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 Seasons Of Love (from Rent)
What are the letter notes for the Seasons Of Love (from Rent) 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 – Bb – F – Bb – Dm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Seasons Of Love (from Rent)?
The loop is Bb – Bb – F – Bb – Dm7 (VI – III – VI – i7 – VI) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Seasons Of Love (from Rent) in?
D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Seasons Of Love (from Rent)?
Gear-shift pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Seasons Of Love (from Rent) easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Seasons Of Love (from Rent)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.