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The More Things Change: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bon Jovi

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 126 BPM
  • 2010
  • Medium
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Left hand Double-skip footstepsRight 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 More Things Change without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand pumping chords.

The More Things Change accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Db – Bbm – Db loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 2
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4 Db3
Bar 3
Bbm
RF4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 4
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4 Db3
Bar 5
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 6
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4 Db3
Bar 7
Bbm
RF4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 8
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4 Db3

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 More Things Change

What are the letter notes for the The More Things Change 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 Ab – Db – Bbm – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The More Things Change?

The loop is Ab – Db – Bbm – Db (I – IV – ii – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab.

What key is The More Things Change in?

Ab major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The More Things Change?

Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The More Things Change 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.