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Sirius: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Eric Woolfson & Alan Parsons
- B minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1982
- 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 Sirius without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.
Sirius accompaniment in letter notes
The Bm – G – Em – Bm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand. 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 Sirius
What are the letter notes for the Sirius 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 Bm – G – Em – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Sirius?
The loop is Bm – G – Em – Bm (i – bVI – iv – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is Sirius in?
B minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Sirius?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sirius 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.