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The Seduction (from The Woman In White): piano accompaniment sheet music

By Andrew Lloyd Webber

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The Seduction (from The Woman In White) written out as piano music: the V7 – i – V7 – i loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand pumping chords.

The Seduction (from The Woman In White) chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1A7V7A C# E G
2DmiD F A
3A7V7A C# E G
4DmiD F A

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: rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm 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 Seduction (from The Woman In White)

Does the sheet music for The Seduction (from The Woman In White) 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 Seduction (from The Woman In White)?

The loop is A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm (V7 – i – V7 – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is The Seduction (from The Woman In White) in?

D minor, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Seduction (from The Woman In White)?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Seduction (from The Woman In White) 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.