Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Your Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Elton John
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- Medium
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 Your Song without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand pop stabs.
The main tune of Your Song in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Your Song accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm7 – Cm7 – Am7 – Abmaj7 loop with rolling waves in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. 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.
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Questions about Your Song
What are the letter notes for the Your Song 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 Cm7 – Cm7 – Am7 – Abmaj7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Your Song?
The loop is Cm7 – Cm7 – Am7 – Abmaj7 (vi7 – #iv7 – IVmaj7 – vi7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Your Song in?
Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Your Song?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Your Song 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Your Song?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 9 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.