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The Sunken Lands: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Rosanne Cash

  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 2014
  • Easy
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Left hand Stair stepsRight hand Hand-clap 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 Sunken Lands without reading music. The left hand plays stair steps (broken chord 1-3-5) and the right hand hand-clap chords.

The Sunken Lands accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – A – D – A loop with stair steps in the left hand and hand-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 D3 F#3
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3
Bar 3
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 4
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LA2 C#3 E3
Bar 5
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 D3 F#3
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3
Bar 7
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 8
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3

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 Sunken Lands

What are the letter notes for the The Sunken Lands 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 Bm – A – D – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Sunken Lands?

The loop is Bm – A – D – A (i – bVII – bIII – bVII) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is The Sunken Lands in?

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

What does the left hand play in The Sunken Lands?

Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Sunken Lands 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.