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White Skin Black Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by James Moginie, Robert Hirst & others

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 121 BPM
  • 1997
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Rising 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 Skin Black Heart without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand rising chords.

White Skin Black Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The B – Bb – F – G loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and rising chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
B
RB3 F#4 B4 F#4 B3 F#4 B4 F#4
LB2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3 F4 Bb4 F4 Bb3 F4 Bb4 F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 3
F
RF4 C5 F5 C5 F4 C5 F5 C5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 4
G
RG4 D5 G5 D5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 5
B
RB3 F#4 B4 F#4 B3 F#4 B4 F#4
LB2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3 F4 Bb4 F4 Bb3 F4 Bb4 F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 7
F
RF4 C5 F5 C5 F4 C5 F5 C5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 8
G
RG4 D5 G5 D5 G4 D5 G5 D5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3

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 Skin Black Heart

What are the letter notes for the White Skin Black Heart 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 B – Bb – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in White Skin Black Heart?

The loop is B – Bb – F – G (#IV5 – IV5 – I – II) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is White Skin Black Heart in?

F major, at about 121 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in White Skin Black Heart?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is White Skin Black Heart 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.