Piano chords · Rock drive
Straight Into Your Arms: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Vance Joy
- G major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- vi–V–IV–I loop
- 2014
- Easy
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 Straight Into Your Arms without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand offbeat skank.
Straight Into Your Arms accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – D – C – G loop with rock hop in the left hand and offbeat skank 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 Straight Into Your Arms
What are the letter notes for the Straight Into Your Arms 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 Em – D – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Straight Into Your Arms?
The loop is Em – D – C – G (vi – V – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Straight Into Your Arms in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Straight Into Your Arms?
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 Straight Into Your Arms easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.