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I've arranged some things on piano for La Mer! Link here. It's been arranged for beginner and intermediate; therefore, there are different parts of the song you can play with your two hands:

If you want to play the main theme, which is what you hear in the intro, that's the first section of the sheet music.

The second section is the bass with the melody originally played by what's probably a prepared piano in the high range. I took out the parallel 3rds because you have to be an advanced pianist and arranger to play both the melody, 3rds, and bassline at the same time. Even so, sacrifices have to be made because of the limitations of having only 2 hands. Blast!! 

The third section is the parallel 3rds with the melody. This would be good to learn if you are playing with a bassist or you've laid the bassline down as a loop.

If you want to be able to play the main parts when the drums come in with the funkier bassline + the parallel 3rds, I've arranged that too but I won't lie, it's hard! Your left hand is playing something both in 3/4 and 4/4 and your right hand is in 3/4. Just practice practice practice and take it slooowww.

If you want to be able to play every single note all at once, I recommend emailing Sequoia Sounds for his sheet music! Guy's a genius: https://youtu.be/HcStJpCuxLE

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SandChannel

Just watching Sequoia's hands gave me a headache. Thank the heavens for backing tracks and sequencers!

mark galvin

Just what I needed! 🀞

Pasha Roberts

Cool thanks! Wow in that video, Sequoia does amazing things to keep that middle theme rolling in perfect time.

Pasha Roberts

Newbie Question: if it's 3/4 then how is it that there are five quarter notes per bar in the 3rds section? I'm just learning so it's probably something obvious... Thank you all.

ixi music

There are 5 notes in the rhythm, but it goes slow quick quick quick quick |slow quick quick quick quick. The slow is a quarter note and the quicks are eighth notes, which are twice as fast as quarter notes. 2 eighth notes equals 1 quarter note. You would clap/tap 3 quarter (4) notes as the pulse before the pattern starts over. Hence 3/4. Does that help?

Pasha Roberts

Thank you, I told you it was a newbie question. Of course those were eighth notes and the bar is three quarter notes. Consider this my uneven introduction to playing 3/4. Thank you Ixi!