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Walk Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 3/4
- 160 BPM
- 1967
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Walk Away without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.
Walk Away accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb7 – Cm – Eb – Fm loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells 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 Walk Away
What are the letter notes for the Walk Away 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 Bb7 – Cm – Eb – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Walk Away?
The loop is Bb7 – Cm – Eb – Fm (V7 – vi – I – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is Walk Away in?
Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Walk Away?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Walk Away 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.