Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Something There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1991
- 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 Something There without reading music. The left hand plays climb-and-jump (broken chord 1-5-8-1) and the right hand pumping chords.
The main tune of Something There in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Something There accompaniment in letter notes
The Asus4 – A7 – D – Asus4 – A7 – D loop with climb-and-jump in the left hand and pumping chords 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 Something There
What are the letter notes for the Something There 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 Asus4 – A7 – D – Asus4 – A7 – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Something There?
The loop is Asus4 – A7 – D – Asus4 – A7 – D (Vsus4 – V7 – I – Vsus4 – V7 – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Something There in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Something There?
Climb-and-jump: broken chord 1-5-8-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Something There easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Something There?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.