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The Very Next Thing: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Matthew West, John Mark Hall & others
- F major
- 4/4
- 78 BPM
- 2016
- Tricky
Play the full song with sheet music
The Very Next Thing written out as piano music: the vi – Vsus – IVsus – I loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays hummingbird shiver (two-note tremolo), and the right hand sings the tune.
The Very Next Thing chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dm | vi | D F A |
| 2 | Csus4 | Vsus4 | C F G |
| 3 | Bbsus4 | IVsus4 | Bb Eb F |
| 4 | F | I | F A C |
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: hummingbird shiver (two-note tremolo) in the left hand, with the right hand free for the melody, over the Dm – Csus4 – Bbsus4 – F 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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The same left hand: Hummingbird shiver
Questions about The Very Next Thing
Does the sheet music for The Very Next Thing 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 Very Next Thing?
The loop is Dm – Csus4 – Bbsus4 – F (vi – Vsus – IVsus – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is The Very Next Thing in?
F major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Very Next Thing?
Hummingbird shiver: two-note tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Very Next Thing easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.