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Wake Up: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Late-hop 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 Wake Up without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand late-hop chords.

Wake Up accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Bbm – Gb – Db loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and late-hop chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 4
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 Db7 Ab6 F6 Db6 Bbb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 5
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 8
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3

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 Wake Up

What are the letter notes for the Wake Up 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 Db – Bbm – Gb – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Wake Up?

The loop is Db – Bbm – Gb – Db (I – vi – IV – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.

What key is Wake Up in?

Db major, at about 94 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Wake Up?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wake Up 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.