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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Johnny Marr & Steven Morrissey
- C# minor
- 4/4
- 137 BPM
- bVI–bIII–bVII–i loop
- 1986
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out without reading music. The left hand plays gear-shift pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand pop stabs.
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out accompaniment in letter notes
The A – E – B – C#m loop with gear-shift pulse in the left hand and pop stabs 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 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
What are the letter notes for the There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 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 A – E – B – C#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There Is A Light That Never Goes Out?
The loop is A – E – B – C#m (bVI – bIII – bVII – i) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.
What key is There Is A Light That Never Goes Out in?
C# minor, at about 137 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in There Is A Light That Never Goes Out?
Gear-shift pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 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.