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Sober II: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Ella Yelich-O’Connor & Jack Antonoff
- A minor
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 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 II without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand ticking clock.
Sober II accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – C – F – Dm loop with pausing footsteps 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 II
What are the letter notes for the Sober II 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 Am – C – F – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Sober II?
The loop is Am – C – F – Dm (i – bIII – bVI – iv) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Sober II in?
A minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Sober II?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sober II 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.