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What Hurts The Most: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Ab major
- 2/2
- 132 BPM
- V–vi–V–IV loop
- Easy
What Hurts The Most written out as piano music: the V – vi – V – IV loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
What Hurts The Most chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eb | V | Eb G Bb |
| 2 | Fm | vi | F Ab C |
| 3 | Eb | V | Eb G Bb |
| 4 | Db | IV | Db F Ab |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right, over the Eb – Fm – Eb – Db chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about What Hurts The Most
Does the sheet music for What Hurts The Most have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in What Hurts The Most?
The loop is Eb – Fm – Eb – Db (V – vi – V – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is What Hurts The Most in?
Ab major, at about 132 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in What Hurts The Most?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Hurts The Most 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.