Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Try Again: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Stephen Garrett & Tim Mosley
- E major
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- vi–iii–vi–iii loop
- 2000
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Try Again without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand dewdrop twinkle.
Try Again accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m – G#m – C#m – G#m loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and dewdrop twinkle in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Try Again
What are the letter notes for the Try Again 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 C#m – G#m – C#m – G#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Try Again?
The loop is C#m – G#m – C#m – G#m (vi – iii – vi – iii) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Try Again in?
E major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Try Again?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Try Again 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.