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Stay Down: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin & others
- F# minor
- 2/2
- 116 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Stay Down written out as piano music: the i – bVI – bVII – v loop in F# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pumping chords.
Stay Down chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F#m | i | F# A C# |
| 2 | D | VI | D F# A |
| 3 | E | VII | E G# B |
| 4 | C#m | v | C# E G# |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the F#m – D – E – C#m chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Stay Down
Does the sheet music for Stay Down have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Stay Down?
The loop is F#m – D – E – C#m (i – bVI – bVII – v) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.
What key is Stay Down in?
F# minor, at about 116 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Stay Down?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Stay Down 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.