Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Viva La Vida: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Coldplay
- F minor
- 4/4
- 138 BPM
- 2008
- 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 Viva La Vida without reading music. The left hand plays busy rocking (broken chord 1-5) and the right hand hurrying chords.
The main tune of Viva La Vida 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.
Viva La Vida accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Fm – Fm – Db – Eb – Eb7 loop with busy rocking in the left hand and hurrying 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.
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Questions about Viva La Vida
What are the letter notes for the Viva La Vida 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 Ab – Fm – Fm – Db – Eb – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Viva La Vida?
The loop is Ab – Fm – Fm – Db – Eb – Eb7 (III – i – VI – VII – VII7 – III) in F minor, and the song ends on F – Dm – F.
What key is Viva La Vida in?
F minor, at about 138 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Viva La Vida?
Busy rocking: broken chord 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Viva La Vida easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Viva La Vida?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.