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Secrets: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By The Weeknd

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 116 BPM
  • 2016
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pumping 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 Secrets without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

The repeating figure of Secrets 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
Fmaj7
RA4+C5+E5+G5 A4+C5+E5+G5 E5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F2 F2 F3 F2 F2
Bar 2
Fmaj7
RA5 E5 D5 C5 E4+A4+D5 C5 A4
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F2 F2 F3 F2 F2
Bar 3
Em7
RD4+E4+G4+B4 A4 C5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2
Bar 4
Em7
RE4+G4+B4+D5 D5 D5 E5 D5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3

Secrets accompaniment in letter notes

The Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fmaj7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Fmaj7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Em7
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 4
Em7
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 G6 E6 D6 B5 A5 G#5 G5 F#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 5
Fmaj7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Fmaj7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Em7
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 8
Em7
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2

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 Secrets

What are the letter notes for the Secrets 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 Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Secrets?

The loop is Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7 (IVmaj7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – iii7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Secrets in?

C major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Secrets?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Secrets 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 Secrets?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure 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.