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Strange Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • E minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Double island pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Strange Love without reading music. The left hand plays double island pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

Strange Love accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – A – C – Em loop with double island pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
Em
RE4+G4+B4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2

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 Strange Love

What are the letter notes for the Strange Love 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 – A – C – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Strange Love?

The loop is Em – A – C – Em (i – IV5 – bVI – i) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Strange Love in?

E minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Strange Love?

Double island pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Strange Love 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.