Piano chords · Rock drive
Valerie: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Sean Payne, David McCabe & others
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2006
- Medium
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 Valerie without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand pumping chords.
The catchy part of Valerie in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Valerie accompaniment in letter notes
The Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7 – Fm7 loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and pumping chords 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about Valerie
What are the letter notes for the Valerie 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 Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7 – Fm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Valerie?
The loop is Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7 – Fm7 (Imaj7 – ii7 – Imaj7 – ii7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Fm – Eb.
What key is Valerie in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Valerie?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Valerie 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 Valerie?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.