Thick As A Brick: piano accompaniment sheet music

Artist unknown

F major
6/8
153 BPM
Medium

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Thick As A Brick written out as piano music: the iii – V – iii – V loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand hammock chords.

Thick As A Brick 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	Am	iii	A C E
2	C	V	C E G
3	Am	iii	A C E
4	C	V	C E G

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: swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) in the left hand and hammock chords in the right, over the Am – C – Am – C 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.

Questions about Thick As A Brick

Does the sheet music for Thick As A Brick 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 Thick As A Brick?

The loop is Am – C – Am – C (iii – V – iii – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Thick As A Brick in?

F major, at about 153 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Thick As A Brick?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Thick As A Brick 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.