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Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jay Chattaway

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Left hand Moon River rollRight hand Sleepy waltz 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 Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.

Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – D loop with moon river roll in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#3
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4 F#4 A4 D5 F#5 A5 D6 F#6 A6
LD2 A2 F#3
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#3
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#3

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 Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light

What are the letter notes for the Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light 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 A – D – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light?

The loop is A – D – A – D (V – I – V – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light in?

D major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light?

Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Star Trek(R) - The Inner Light 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.