Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

Wrapped In Red: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Shane McAnally, Kelly Clarkson & others

Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Pumping chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

Wrapped In Red written out as piano music: the ii – V7 – ii – V7 loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand pumping chords.

Wrapped In Red chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1AmiiA C E
2D7V7D F# A C
3AmiiA C E
4D7V7D F# A 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: pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the Am – D7 – Am – D7 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.

Play next

Questions about Wrapped In Red

Does the sheet music for Wrapped In Red 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 Wrapped In Red?

The loop is Am – D7 – Am – D7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in G major, and the song ends on Am – D7 – G.

What key is Wrapped In Red in?

G major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Wrapped In Red?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wrapped In Red 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.