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Stars And The Moon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jason Robert Brown

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Stars And The Moon without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand ticking clock.

Stars And The Moon accompaniment in letter notes

The D – Bm – G – D loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 2
Bm
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 3
G
RD5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 4
D
RA4 A4 A4 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 5
D
RA4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 6
Bm
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 7
G
RD5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 8
D
RA4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4
LD2 D2 D2

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 Stars And The Moon

What are the letter notes for the Stars And The Moon 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 D – Bm – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Stars And The Moon?

The loop is D – Bm – G – D (I – vi – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – C – D.

What key is Stars And The Moon in?

D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Stars And The Moon?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Stars And The Moon 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.