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Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By David Arnold & Michael Price
- C major
- 6/8
- 90 BPM
- 2010
- Easy
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 Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme) without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand offbeat skank.
Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme) accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – D – Dm – Am loop with boom-chick in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme)
What are the letter notes for the Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme) 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 Am – D – Dm – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme)?
The loop is Am – D – Dm – Am (vi – II – ii – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme) in?
C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme)?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Themes From Sherlock (Main Theme/Watson's Theme/Heroes Theme) 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.