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Shine A Little Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Electric Light Orchestra

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 134 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Push chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Shine A Little Love without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand push chords.

Shine A Little Love accompaniment in letter notes

The G – C – A – Cm loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and push chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4

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 Shine A Little Love

What are the letter notes for the Shine A Little Love 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 G – C – A – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Shine A Little Love?

The loop is G – C – A – Cm (I – IV – II – iv) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Shine A Little Love in?

G major, at about 134 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Shine A Little Love?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Shine A Little Love 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.