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You Feel So Lonely You Could Die: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By David Bowie

  • Eb major
  • 6/8
  • 81 BPM
  • 2013
  • Easy
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Left hand Cradle pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 You Feel So Lonely You Could Die without reading music. The left hand plays cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

You Feel So Lonely You Could Die accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Eb – F – Eb loop with cradle pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2

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 You Feel So Lonely You Could Die

What are the letter notes for the You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 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 Bb – Eb – F – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You Feel So Lonely You Could Die?

The loop is Bb – Eb – F – Eb (V – I – II – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is You Feel So Lonely You Could Die in?

Eb major, at about 81 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in You Feel So Lonely You Could Die?

Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Feel So Lonely You Could Die easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.