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Too Good At Goodbyes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sam Smith

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Left hand Hiccup heartbeatThe 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 Too Good At Goodbyes without reading music. The left hand plays hiccup heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Too Good At Goodbyes accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – F – C – Gm loop with hiccup heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 4
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 5
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 8
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3

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 Too Good At Goodbyes

What are the letter notes for the Too Good At Goodbyes 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 Dm – F – C – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Too Good At Goodbyes?

The loop is Dm – F – C – Gm (vi – I – V – ii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Too Good At Goodbyes in?

F major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Too Good At Goodbyes?

Hiccup heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Too Good At Goodbyes 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.