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Serious: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Simon Lebon, Nick Rhodes & others
- C minor
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- i–bIII–i–bIII loop
- 1990
- Medium
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Serious written out as piano music: the i – bIII – i – bIII loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand soft chords.
Serious chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 2 | Eb | III | Eb G Bb |
| 3 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 4 | Eb | III | Eb G Bb |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and soft chords in the right, over the Cm – Eb – Cm – Eb chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Serious
Does the sheet music for Serious have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Serious?
The loop is Cm – Eb – Cm – Eb (i – bIII – i – bIII) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Serious in?
C minor, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Serious?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Serious 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.