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You Are Good: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Israel Houghton

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Cartwheel chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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You Are Good written out as piano music: the I – V – bVII – IV loop in E major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand cartwheel chords.

You Are Good chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1EIE G# B
2BVB D# F#
3DbVIID F# A
4AIVA C# E

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: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and cartwheel chords in the right, over the E – B – D – A 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 You Are Good

Does the sheet music for You Are Good 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 You Are Good?

The loop is E – B – D – A (I – V – bVII – IV) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is You Are Good in?

E major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Are Good?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Are Good 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.