Syrup & Honey: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Aimee Duffy & Bernard Butler

D major
6/8
63 BPM
2007
Medium

Tuning the piano…

Learn it

Syrup & Honey written out as piano music: the I – IV – I – I7 loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Syrup & Honey chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D 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	D	I	D F# A
2	G	IV	G B D
3	D	I	D F# A
4	D7	I7	D F# A C

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: swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) in the left hand, with the right hand free for the melody, over the D – G – D – D7 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.

Questions about Syrup & Honey

Does the sheet music for Syrup & Honey 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 Syrup & Honey?

The loop is D – G – D – D7 (I – IV – I – I7) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Syrup & Honey in?

D major, at about 63 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Syrup & Honey?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Syrup & Honey 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.