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Today Is The Day: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Lincoln Brewster

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Offbeat skankChords the loop the song repeats most

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Today Is The Day written out as piano music: the I – vi – I – IV loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand offbeat skank.

Today Is The Day chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DID F# A
2BmviB D F#
3DID F# A
4GIVG B D

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: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right, over the D – Bm – D – G 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.

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Questions about Today Is The Day

Does the sheet music for Today Is The Day 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 Today Is The Day?

The loop is D – Bm – D – G (I – vi – I – IV) in D major, and the song ends on D – G – D.

What key is Today Is The Day in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Today Is The Day?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Today Is The Day 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.