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Somewhere In The Middle: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Mark Hall

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 72 BPM
  • 2007
  • Medium
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Left hand Rock hopRight hand Pumping chordsChords 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 Somewhere In The Middle without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand pumping chords.

Somewhere In The Middle accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – Am – Gsus4 loop with rock hop in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 4
Gsus4
RD5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 C7 G6 D6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 F#5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 5
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 8
Gsus4
RD5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3

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 Somewhere In The Middle

What are the letter notes for the Somewhere In The Middle 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 – C – Am – Gsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Somewhere In The Middle?

The loop is F – C – Am – Gsus4 (IV – I – vi – Vsus) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Somewhere In The Middle in?

C major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Somewhere In The Middle?

Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Somewhere In The Middle 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.