Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
The Hardest Part: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Deborah Harry & Chris Stein
- G minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- bVII–i–bVII–i loop
- 1979
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Hardest Part without reading music. The left hand plays banana-peel slip (broken chord 8-8-8-8-7) and the right hand late-knock chords.
The Hardest Part accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Gm – F – Gm loop with banana-peel slip in the left hand and late-knock chords 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 Hardest Part
What are the letter notes for the The Hardest Part 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 F – Gm – F – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Hardest Part?
The loop is F – Gm – F – Gm (bVII – i – bVII – i) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is The Hardest Part in?
G minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Hardest Part?
Banana-peel slip: broken chord 8-8-8-8-7, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Hardest Part 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.