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This Woman’s Work: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Kate Bush

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 68 BPM
  • 1988
  • Easy
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Left hand Walking rootsThe 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 Woman’s Work without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters), and the right hand sings the tune.

This Woman’s Work accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Eb – Ab – Bbm loop with walking roots in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 4
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 8
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3

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 Woman’s Work

What are the letter notes for the This Woman’s Work 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 Db – Eb – Ab – Bbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in This Woman’s Work?

The loop is Db – Eb – Ab – Bbm (IV – V – I – ii) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is This Woman’s Work in?

Ab major, at about 68 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in This Woman’s Work?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is This Woman’s Work 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.