Piano chords · Rock drive
When The Heartache Ends: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Rob Thomas
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- IV–I–vi–IV loop
- 2005
- 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 When The Heartache Ends without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.
When The Heartache Ends accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Bb – Gm – Eb loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock 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 When The Heartache Ends
What are the letter notes for the When The Heartache Ends 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 – Bb – Gm – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When The Heartache Ends?
The loop is Eb – Bb – Gm – Eb (IV – I – vi – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Gm – Eb – Bb.
What key is When The Heartache Ends in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When The Heartache Ends?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When The Heartache Ends 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.