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This Moment: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Melissa Etheridge

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Left hand Swelling 6/8The right hand sings the tuneChords 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 This Moment without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

This Moment accompaniment in letter notes

The F#m – E – A – B loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 C#3 F#3 A3 F#3 C#3
Bar 2
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2
Bar 3
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C#4 A3 E3
Bar 4
B
RB3+D#4+F#4 F#4 B4 D#5 F#5 B5 D#6
LB2 F#3 B3 D#4 B3 F#3
Bar 5
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 C#3 F#3 A3 F#3 C#3
Bar 6
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2
Bar 7
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C#4 A3 E3
Bar 8
B
RB3+D#4+F#4
LB2 F#3 B3 D#4 B3 F#3

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 This Moment

What are the letter notes for the This Moment 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 F#m – E – A – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in This Moment?

The loop is F#m – E – A – B (ii – I – IV – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is This Moment in?

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

What does the left hand play in This Moment?

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 This Moment 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.