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Take On Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmne
- A major
- 4/4
- 152 BPM
- 1984
- 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 Take On Me without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4), and the right hand sings the tune.
The intro of Take On Me 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.
Take On Me accompaniment in letter notes
The Bm – E – A – Dmaj7 – C#m7 loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand. 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 On Me
What are the letter notes for the Take On Me 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 Bm – E – A – Dmaj7 – C#m7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Take On Me?
The loop is Bm – E – A – Dmaj7 – C#m7 (ii – V – I – IVmaj7 – iii7) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Take On Me in?
A major, at about 152 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Take On Me?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Take On Me easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Take On Me?
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.