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The World We Knew: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Cradle pulseRight hand Rowing-boat 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 World We Knew without reading music. The left hand plays cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.

The World We Knew accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – F#m – Bm – F#m loop with cradle pulse in the left hand and rowing-boat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 2
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 3
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 4
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4 A4 C#5 F#5 A5 C#6
LF#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 5
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 6
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 7
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 8
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2

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 World We Knew

What are the letter notes for the The World We Knew 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 – F#m – Bm – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The World We Knew?

The loop is Bm – F#m – Bm – F#m (vi – iii – vi – iii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is The World We Knew in?

D major, at about 90 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in The World We Knew?

Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The World We Knew 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.