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Toxic: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Britney Spears

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2003
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pop stabsChords the loop the song repeats most

Toxic written out as piano music: the bIII7 – II7 – bII7 – i loop in C minor 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 pop stabs.

Toxic 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.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1Eb7III7Eb G Bb Db
2D7II7D F# A C
3Db7bII7Db F Ab Cb
4CmiC Eb G

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 pop stabs in the right, over the Eb7 – D7 – Db7 – Cm 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.

To see the real melody written out, play “The part you know”: the sheet music changes to it.

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Questions about Toxic

Does the sheet music for Toxic 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 Toxic?

The loop is Eb7 – D7 – Db7 – Cm (bIII7 – II7 – bII7 – i) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Toxic in?

C minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Toxic?

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

Is Toxic 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Toxic?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.