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Talking In Your Sleep: piano accompaniment sheet music
By The Romantics
- D minor
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 1983
- Medium
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Talking In Your Sleep written out as piano music: the i – iv – bVII7 – i loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand pumping chords.
Talking In Your Sleep chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dm | i | D F A |
| 2 | Gm | iv | G Bb D |
| 3 | C7 | VII7 | C E G Bb |
| 4 | Dm | i | D F A |
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: heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the Dm – Gm – C7 – Dm 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about Talking In Your Sleep
Does the sheet music for Talking In Your Sleep 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 Talking In Your Sleep?
The loop is Dm – Gm – C7 – Dm (i – iv – bVII7 – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Talking In Your Sleep in?
D minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Talking In Your Sleep?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Talking In Your Sleep 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.