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The Horizon Has Been Defeated: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jack Johnson
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- I–IV–bVII–I loop
- 2003
- Easy
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 Horizon Has Been Defeated without reading music. The left hand plays lub-dub heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
The Horizon Has Been Defeated accompaniment in letter notes
The G – C – F – G loop with lub-dub heartbeat in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Horizon Has Been Defeated
What are the letter notes for the The Horizon Has Been Defeated 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 G – C – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Horizon Has Been Defeated?
The loop is G – C – F – G (I – IV – bVII – I) in G major, and the song ends on D – C – G.
What key is The Horizon Has Been Defeated in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Horizon Has Been Defeated?
Lub-dub heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Horizon Has Been Defeated 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.