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The Hills: piano accompaniment sheet music

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  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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The Hills written out as piano music: the i – bVI – IV5 – bVI loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand steady chords.

The Hills chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1CmiC Eb G
2AbVIAb C Eb
3FIVF A C
4AbVIAb C Eb

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the Cm – Ab – F – Ab chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about The Hills

Does the sheet music for The Hills have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in The Hills?

The loop is Cm – Ab – F – Ab (i – bVI – IV5 – bVI) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is The Hills in?

C minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Hills?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Hills 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.