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White Horse: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Taylor Swift

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2008
  • Medium
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Left hand Knock-knock footstepsRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 White Horse without reading music. The left hand plays knock-knock footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

White Horse accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Fsus4 – Am – Fsus4 loop with knock-knock footsteps in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 2
Fsus4
RBb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 4
Fsus4
RBb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 6
Fsus4
RBb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 8
Fsus4
RBb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5 Bb4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3

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 White Horse

What are the letter notes for the White Horse 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 C – Fsus4 – Am – Fsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in White Horse?

The loop is C – Fsus4 – Am – Fsus4 (I5 – IVsus – vi – IVsus) in C major, and the song ends on Am – F – C.

What key is White Horse in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in White Horse?

Knock-knock footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is White Horse 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.