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Xo: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & others
- C major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 2013
- Tricky
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 Xo without reading music. The left hand plays hummingbird shiver (two-note tremolo), and the right hand sings the tune.
Xo accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – F – Dm – Fsus4 loop with hummingbird shiver in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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.
Play next
The same left hand: Hummingbird shiver
Questions about Xo
What are the letter notes for the Xo 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 Am – F – Dm – Fsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Xo?
The loop is Am – F – Dm – Fsus4 (vi – IV – ii – IVsus) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Xo in?
C major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Xo?
Hummingbird shiver: two-note tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Xo easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.