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Your Early Stuff: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Pet Shop Boys

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 125 BPM
  • 2012
  • Medium
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Left hand Dip-and-back bounceRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

Your Early Stuff written out as piano music: the vi – IV – V7 – vi loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays dip-and-back bounce (broken chord 8-8-5-8) and the right hand ticking clock.

Your Early Stuff chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1AmviA C E
2FIVF A C
3G7V7G B D F
4AmviA 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: dip-and-back bounce (broken chord 8-8-5-8) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the Am – F – G7 – Am 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 Your Early Stuff

Does the sheet music for Your Early Stuff 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 Your Early Stuff?

The loop is Am – F – G7 – Am (vi – IV – V7 – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G7 – C.

What key is Your Early Stuff in?

C major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Your Early Stuff?

Dip-and-back bounce: broken chord 8-8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Your Early Stuff 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.