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Sinking Deep: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Joel Davies & Aodhan King

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Left hand Walking rootsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Sinking Deep without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters), and the right hand sings the tune.

Sinking Deep accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Dm – Bb – Dm loop with walking roots in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 2
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 4
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 6
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 8
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D3 D3

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 Sinking Deep

What are the letter notes for the Sinking Deep 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 – Dm – Bb – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Sinking Deep?

The loop is Bb – Dm – Bb – Dm (I – iii – I – iii) in Bb major, and the song ends on F – Eb – Bb.

What key is Sinking Deep in?

Bb major, at about 69 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Sinking Deep?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Sinking Deep easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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