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White Horse: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Taylor Swift
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
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White Horse written out as piano music: the I5 – IVsus – vi – IVsus loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays knock-knock footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
White Horse chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C 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 | C | I | C E G |
| 2 | Fsus4 | IVsus4 | F Bb C |
| 3 | Am | vi | A C E |
| 4 | Fsus4 | IVsus4 | F Bb C |
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: knock-knock footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4) in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right, over the C – Fsus4 – Am – Fsus4 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 White Horse
Does the sheet music for White Horse 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 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.