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Vindicated: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Dashboard Confessional

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 84 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Hammering bassRight 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 Vindicated without reading music. The left hand plays hammering bass (broken chord 8-8) and the right hand steady chords.

Vindicated accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Bbsus4 – Absus4 loop with hammering bass in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 G3
Bar 3
Bbsus4
REb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 F3
Bar 4
Absus4
RDb5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4 Db5 Eb5 Ab5 Db6 Eb6 Ab6 Db7
LAb3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Eb3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 G3
Bar 7
Bbsus4
REb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 F3
Bar 8
Absus4
RDb5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Ab3 Eb3

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 Vindicated

What are the letter notes for the Vindicated 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 Eb – Cm – Bbsus4 – Absus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Vindicated?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Bbsus4 – Absus4 (I5 – vi – Vsus – IVsus) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Vindicated in?

Eb major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Vindicated?

Hammering bass: broken chord 8-8, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Vindicated 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.