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Us Against The World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Christina Milian

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 Us Against The World without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand steady chords.

Us Against The World accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – Bb – F – C loop with walking roots in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 5
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4

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 Us Against The World

What are the letter notes for the Us Against The World 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 – Bb – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Us Against The World?

The loop is Dm – Bb – F – C (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is Us Against The World in?

D minor, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Us Against The World?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Us Against The World 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.