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Sweet Dreams: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Annie Lennox & David Stewart
- F major
- 4/4
- 115 BPM
- 1983
- Medium
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Sweet Dreams written out as piano music: the vi – IV – III7 – vi loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays busy-bee pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Sweet Dreams chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dm | vi | D F A |
| 2 | Bb | IV | Bb D F |
| 3 | A7 | III7 | A C# E G |
| 4 | Dm | vi | D F A |
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: busy-bee pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the Dm – Bb – A7 – Dm 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 Sweet Dreams
Does the sheet music for Sweet Dreams 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 Sweet Dreams?
The loop is Dm – Bb – A7 – Dm (vi – IV – III7 – vi) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Sweet Dreams in?
F major, at about 115 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Sweet Dreams?
Busy-bee pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sweet Dreams 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.