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Stairway To Heaven: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Led Zeppelin
- A minor
- 6/8
- 128 BPM
- 1972
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Stairway To Heaven without reading music. The left hand plays little rainbow (broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8)) and the right hand hammock chords.
The repeating figure of Stairway To Heaven 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.
Stairway To Heaven accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – D7 – F#m7 – D7 – F#m7 – Am loop with little rainbow in the left hand and hammock 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 Stairway To Heaven
What are the letter notes for the Stairway To Heaven 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 – D7 – F#m7 – D7 – F#m7 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Stairway To Heaven?
The loop is Am – D7 – F#m7 – D7 – F#m7 – Am (i – IV7 – vi7 – IV7 – vi7 – i) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Stairway To Heaven in?
A minor, at about 128 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Stairway To Heaven?
Little rainbow: broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Stairway To Heaven 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 Stairway To Heaven?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.