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The Factory Gates: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Kaiser Chiefs

  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 156 BPM
  • 2014
  • Medium
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Left hand Eager heartbeatRight hand Pumping 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 The Factory Gates without reading music. The left hand plays eager heartbeat (root bass · pop push 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4) and the right hand pumping chords.

The Factory Gates accompaniment in letter notes

The B – F# – B – G loop with eager heartbeat in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 2
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 3
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 4
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 5
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 6
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 7
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 8
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3

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 Factory Gates

What are the letter notes for the The Factory Gates 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 B – F# – B – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Factory Gates?

The loop is B – F# – B – G (I5 – V5 – I5 – bVI5) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is The Factory Gates in?

B minor, at about 156 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Factory Gates?

Eager heartbeat: root bass · pop push 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Factory Gates 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.