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Under the Shadows: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- C minor
- 4/4
- 115 BPM
- i–bVII–bVI–bVII loop
- 2015
- Tricky
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 Under the Shadows without reading music. The left hand plays thunder tremolo (octave tremolo), and the right hand sings the tune.
Under the Shadows accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Bb – Ab – Bb loop with thunder tremolo in the left hand. 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 Under the Shadows
What are the letter notes for the Under the Shadows 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 Cm – Bb – Ab – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Under the Shadows?
The loop is Cm – Bb – Ab – Bb (i – bVII – bVI – bVII) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Under the Shadows in?
C minor, at about 115 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Under the Shadows?
Thunder tremolo: octave tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Under the Shadows easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.