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That's When Your Heartaches Begin: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Elvis Presley

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1952
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Soft 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 That's When Your Heartaches Begin without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand soft chords.

That's When Your Heartaches Begin accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – D7 – Eb – Ebm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
D7
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Ebm
RBb4+Eb5+Gb5 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
D7
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Ebm
RBb4+Eb5+Gb5 Bb4+Eb5+Gb5 Bb4+Eb5+Gb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 That's When Your Heartaches Begin

What are the letter notes for the That's When Your Heartaches Begin 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 – D7 – Eb – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in That's When Your Heartaches Begin?

The loop is Bb – D7 – Eb – Ebm (I – III7 – IV – iv) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is That's When Your Heartaches Begin in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in That's When Your Heartaches Begin?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That's When Your Heartaches Begin 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.