Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
T-Shirt: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Shane McAnally, Luke Laird & others
- A major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2015
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 T-Shirt without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand ticking clock.
The intro of T-Shirt in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
T-Shirt accompaniment in letter notes
The F#m7 – D – A – A – C – F#m7 – D – A – A – C loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock 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.
Questions about T-Shirt
What are the letter notes for the T-Shirt 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#m7 – D – A – A – C – F#m7 – D – A – A – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in T-Shirt?
The loop is F#m7 – D – A – A – C – F#m7 – D – A – A – C (vi7 – IV – I – bIII – vi7 – IV – I – bIII – vi7 – IV) in A major, and the song ends on F#m – D – A.
What key is T-Shirt in?
A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in T-Shirt?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is T-Shirt easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 10 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of T-Shirt?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.