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Sober: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ella Yelich-O’Connor and Jack Antonoff
- C major
- 4/4
- 108 BPM
- IV–vi–V–IV loop
- 2017
- Medium
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 Sober without reading music. The left hand plays double island pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&) and the right hand ticking clock.
Sober accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Am – G – F loop with double island pulse in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. 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 Sober
What are the letter notes for the Sober 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 F – Am – G – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Sober?
The loop is F – Am – G – F (IV – vi – V – IV) in C major, and the song ends on Am – G – C.
What key is Sober in?
C major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Sober?
Double island pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sober 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.