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Take You Down: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Chris Brown

  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 65 BPM
  • 2007
  • Medium
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You Down without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand ticking clock.

Take You Down accompaniment in letter notes

The F#m – G – D#dim – Em loop with walking roots in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#m
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LF#2 F#2 F#3 F#3
Bar 2
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 3
D#dim
RD#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4
LD#2 D#2 D#3 D#3
Bar 4
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5 E5
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 5
F#m
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LF#2 F#2 F#3 F#3
Bar 6
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 7
D#dim
RD#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4
LD#2 D#2 D#3 D#3
Bar 8
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E3 E3

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 You Down

What are the letter notes for the Take You Down 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#m – G – D#dim – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Take You Down?

The loop is F#m – G – D#dim – Em (v – bVI – iiio – iv) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Take You Down in?

B minor, at about 65 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Take You Down?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Take You Down 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.