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Take A Back Road: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 2011
- Easy
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 Take A Back Road without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
Take A Back Road accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Fm – Eb – Ab loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and hopscotch chords 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.
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Questions about Take A Back Road
What are the letter notes for the Take A Back Road 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 Bb – Fm – Eb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Take A Back Road?
The loop is Bb – Fm – Eb – Ab (V – ii – I – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Take A Back Road in?
Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Take A Back Road?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Take A Back Road easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.