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Work This Out: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Bb minor
- 4/4
- 122 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
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Work This Out written out as piano music: the i – bIII – bVII – IV loop in Bb minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) and the right hand ticking clock.
Work This Out chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bbm | i | Bb Db F |
| 2 | Db | III | Db F Ab |
| 3 | Ab | VII | Ab C Eb |
| 4 | Eb | IV | Eb G Bb |
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: dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the Bbm – Db – Ab – Eb 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 Work This Out
Does the sheet music for Work This Out 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 Work This Out?
The loop is Bbm – Db – Ab – Eb (i – bIII – bVII – IV) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.
What key is Work This Out in?
Bb minor, at about 122 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Work This Out?
Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Work This Out 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.