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The Dance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Prince
- E minor
- 2/2
- 121 BPM
- 2006
- Medium
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 The Dance without reading music. The left hand plays stair steps (broken chord 1-3-5) and the right hand ticking clock.
The main tune of The Dance 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.
The Dance accompaniment in letter notes
The Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7 loop with stair steps in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. 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 The Dance
What are the letter notes for the The Dance 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 Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Dance?
The loop is Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7 (bIImaj7 – i7 – bIImaj7 – i7) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is The Dance in?
E minor, at about 121 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in The Dance?
Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Dance 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.
Can I hear the real melody of The Dance?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.