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Too Much For One Heart: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Claude-Michel Schönberg
- C# minor
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- I–V–vi–V loop
- Medium
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Too Much For One Heart written out as piano music: the I – V – vi – V loop in C# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays ocean swell (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5) and the right hand ticking clock.
Too Much For One Heart chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C# | I | C# E# G# |
| 2 | G# | V | G# B# D# |
| 3 | A#m | vi | A# C# E# |
| 4 | G# | V | G# 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: ocean swell (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the C# – G# – A#m – 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 Too Much For One Heart
Does the sheet music for Too Much For One Heart 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 Too Much For One Heart?
The loop is C# – G# – A#m – G# (I – V – vi – V) in C# minor, and the song ends on A#m – G# – C#.
What key is Too Much For One Heart in?
C# minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Too Much For One Heart?
Ocean swell: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Too Much For One Heart 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.