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Six Degrees Of Separation: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Six Degrees Of Separation without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand ticking clock.

Six Degrees Of Separation accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – A – E – B loop with walking roots in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#m
RG#4 G#4 G#4 G#4 G#4 G#4
LC#3 C#3 C#4 C#4
Bar 2
A
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LA2 A2 A3 A3
Bar 3
E
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 4
B
RF#4 F#4 F#4 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LB2 B2 B3 B3
Bar 5
C#m
RG#4 G#4 G#4 G#4 G#4 G#4
LC#3 C#3 C#4 C#4
Bar 6
A
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LA2 A2 A3 A3
Bar 7
E
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 8
B
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B3 B3

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 Six Degrees Of Separation

What are the letter notes for the Six Degrees Of Separation 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 C#m – A – E – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Six Degrees Of Separation?

The loop is C#m – A – E – B (vi – IV – I – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Six Degrees Of Separation in?

E major, at about 144 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Six Degrees Of Separation?

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

Is Six Degrees Of Separation 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.