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Thank You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Led Zeppelin

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Left hand Mozart murmurRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 Thank You without reading music. The left hand plays mozart murmur (alberti bass 1-5-3-5) and the right hand steady chords.

Thank You accompaniment in letter notes

The D – C – G – D loop with mozart murmur in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#2 A2 D2 A2 F#2 A2
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E3 G3 C3 G3 E3 G3
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B2 D3 G2 D3 B2 D3
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 B4 A4 G4 A4 E5 D5 C#5 D5
LD2 A2 F#2 A2 D2 A2 F#2 A2
Bar 5
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#2 A2 D2 A2 F#2 A2
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E3 G3 C3 G3 E3 G3
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B2 D3 G2 D3 B2 D3
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#2 A2 D2 A2 F#2 A2

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 Thank You

What are the letter notes for the Thank You 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 D – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Thank You?

The loop is D – C – G – D (I – bVII – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Thank You in?

D major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Thank You?

Mozart murmur: alberti bass 1-5-3-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Thank You 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.