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Surrender: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Boublil and Schonberg

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand River rollThe 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 Surrender without reading music. The left hand plays river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10), and the right hand sings the tune.

Surrender accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Gm – C – Dm loop with river roll in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 G3 A3
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 A3 Bb3
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 D4 E4
Bar 4
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 F4 A4 D5 F5 A5 D6 F6 A6
LD2 A2 D3 E3 F3
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 G3 A3
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 A3 Bb3
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 D4 E4
Bar 8
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 A2 D3 E3 F3

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 Surrender

What are the letter notes for the Surrender 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 F – Gm – C – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Surrender?

The loop is F – Gm – C – Dm (I – ii – V – vi) in F major, and the song ends on F – Gm – F.

What key is Surrender in?

F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Surrender?

River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Surrender 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.