Emphasis by Sleeping At Last | Piano Letter Notes

Are you looking to play Emphasis by Sleeping At Last on the piano, using easy letter notes, but aren’t sure where to start, you’ve come to the right place! This timeless track is a favorite for many, and with our easy piano letter notes, you’ll be playing it in no time. Whether you’re a beginner or just looking for a quick way to learn, our simple format breaks down the song so it’s fun and effortless to master. Ready to get started? Keep reading, and you’ll find the letter notes waiting for you below!
LH:3|C-----------C------CF---D-|
LH:3|A-----------A-----------b-|
LH:3|F-----------F-----------F-|
LH:2|F----------------------F--|

LH:3|----------D------DF---C---|
LH:3|----------b-----------A---|
LH:3|----------F-----------F---|
LH:2|---------------------bF---|

LH:3|--------C------CF---D-----|
LH:3|--------A-----------b-----|
LH:3|--------F-----------F-----|
LH:2|-------------------F------|

RH:4|----------------------A---|
LH:4|------------------C-------|
LH:3|------D------DF---C-------|
LH:3|------b-----------A-------|
LH:3|------F-----------F-------|
LH:2|-----------------b--------|

RH:4|A-------G-A---------A-----|
LH:3|-----------CF---D---------|
LH:3|----------------b---------|
LH:3|----------------F---------|
LH:2|----F----------F----------|

RH:4|b-G-------------------F---|
LH:3|---------DF---C-----------|
LH:3|--------------A-----------|
LH:3|----------b---F-----------|
LH:2|--F----------F------------|

RH:4|A---G-A---------F-A-----b-|
LH:3|-------CF---D-------------|
LH:3|------------b-------------|
LH:3|------------F-------------|
LH:2|F----------F--------F-----|

RH:4|G---------------b-b-b-b---|
LH:3|D-----D--FG-----------D---|
LH:3|b-------------------------|
LH:3|F-----b-------------------|
LH:2|-----F--------G-----------|

RH:5|---------C----------------|
RH:4|----A---b--G------F-G--A--|
RH:4|--------C-----------------|
LH:3|G---b---f------CG-------A-|
LH:3|--------G-----------------|
LH:2|------------f-------------|

RH:4|f--F--F-------------------|
RH:3|------A-------------------|
LH:3|-f--F-----------C-A---A---|
LH:2|------F------------------F|

LH:4|----------------C-----C---|
LH:3|D---C-----C-----F-G---G-C-|
LH:3|b---A---------------------|
LH:2|----F-----------F---------|

RH:4|--F---A---A-G-A-----------|
RH:3|--A-----------------------|
LH:3|--F-----------C---F---A---|
LH:2|--------F-----------------|

RH:4|A-G-A-b-G-----------------|
LH:3|D-----------D-------D--FA-|
LH:3|b-----------b-------------|
LH:3|F-----------F-------b---C-|
LH:2|------F------------F------|

RH:4|A-------A-----F---A-----G-|
LH:3|------C---A------CF---D---|
LH:3|----------------------b---|
LH:3|----------F-----------F---|
LH:2|----F----------------F----|

RH:4|A---b-G-----------------b-|
LH:4|--------------------D-----|
LH:3|----------D----DF--DG-----|
LH:3|----------b---------------|
LH:3|----------F---------b-----|
LH:2|--F------------F--------G-|

RH:5|-------------------C------|
RH:4|------b---b-----A-b--G----|
LH:4|------------------C-------|
LH:3|b-G-D-G-------D---f---C--C|
LH:3|------------------G-------|
LH:2|-------------G--------f---|

RH:4|--F-G-A---f---F-----F-----|
RH:3|--------------------A-----|
LH:3|G-----A---f---F-----------|
LH:2|----------------F-------F-|

RH:4|-----------------------F--|
RH:3|-----------------------A--|
LH:3|-CF---F---D---C-----------|
LH:3|--A---A---b---A-----------|
LH:2|-----F---F---F------F-----|

RH:4|F--f--f-----F-----F-A-A-C-|
RH:3|A--G--G-----A-----------A-|
LH:3|--------C--CF---C-------F-|
LH:2|--------------------F-----|
LH:1|F-------------------------|

RH:4|--A-A-C------GA-b---G-F---|
RH:3|------A---b-----------b---|
LH:3|--C-------F---D-------F---|
LH:2|------F-----------F-------|

RH:5|------------------C---C---|
RH:4|F---f---C-F-A-------------|
RH:3|b---b---------------------|
LH:3|D-------A---C-------A---C-|
LH:2|----F-----------F---------|

RH:4|C-------AGA---b---G-------|
RH:3|----b---------------------|
LH:4|------------------------D-|
LH:3|------D-----------b---F---|
LH:3|------F-------------------|
LH:2|--F-------F---------------|

RH:5|------------CC-C----C-----|
RH:4|----C---------------------|
RH:4|----f---------------------|
LH:4|--------C-----------------|
LH:3|------------A---f---A-----|
LH:2|F---A-------------------A-|

RH:5|--C-D---------------------|
RH:4|A-D---b-------A-b-G-----A-|
RH:4|--F-----------C-----------|
LH:4|------C-------------------|
LH:3|------F---b---C---A---G---|
LH:2|--b-----------f-----------|

RH:4|A-----------f-D-----------|
RH:4|D-------------------------|
RH:3|A---------------A---F-D-b-|
LH:3|F-----------F-------D---G-|
LH:3|------------D-------------|
LH:3|------------A-------------|
LH:2|A-------------------------|
LH:2|D-----D-----D-----A---A-G-|

RH:5|----------------------D-F-|
RH:4|----------C---------F-D---|
RH:3|----------G---------------|
LH:4|------------------C-------|
LH:3|----D-G-C-----G-C-G---F---|
LH:3|----------------------b---|
LH:2|------G---f-----------b---|

RH:5|------D-C-----C-----------|
RH:4|--------C---A---A---D---A-|
RH:4|------------------------G-|
RH:3|--------------------A-----|
RH:3|--------------------F-----|
LH:3|--------C-----------------|
LH:3|--------A-----------------|
LH:2|--------------------A-----|
LH:2|--------F-----------D-----|

RH:5|--C-------------------D-F-|
RH:4|A-----G-A-G---F---D-------|
RH:4|------C-------------------|
RH:3|------G-------------------|
RH:3|------f-----------F-------|
LH:3|------C-------------------|
LH:2|------------------b-------|
LH:2|------------C-----F-------|
LH:1|------------------b-------|

RH:5|D-C-------C---------------|
RH:4|----A-------A-G-G---------|
RH:4|----C-----------C---------|
RH:3|----A-----------G---------|
LH:3|----C-----------C---------|
LH:2|----F-----------f---------|

RH:5|--------------D---F----D--|
RH:4|--C-----------------------|
LH:4|--------------------D-----|
LH:3|--G-A-f-C-F---F-----F-----|
LH:3|--------------b-----b-----|
LH:2|f-----------F-b-----------|

RH:5|C---C-------------C-------|
RH:4|--A---A-------G-A-----A-G-|
LH:4|C-----C-----C-----C-----C-|
LH:3|F-----F-----A-----F-----C-|
LH:3|------A-----C-----A-------|
LH:2|A-----------F-----------f-|

RH:5|--------------D-F-D-C---C-|
RH:4|--A-G--F--D-F---------A---|
LH:4|------C---------D-----D---|
LH:3|----G-A-C-F-----F-----F---|
LH:3|----------------------D---|
LH:3|----------b-----b-----A---|
LH:2|----------b---------------|

RH:4|A----G--G---------F-G-A---|
LH:4|--D-----C-----------------|
LH:3|--F-----C-----------------|
LH:3|--D-----G-----------------|
LH:3|--A-----f-----------------|
LH:2|--------------f-----------|

RH:4|f---F-----F---------------|
RH:3|------A-------------------|
RH:3|------F-----------A-------|
LH:3|------C--------F--C-------|
LH:2|------F----------F------Fb|

RH:4|----------------C-----C---|
RH:3|b-------------------------|
RH:3|F---A---------------------|
LH:3|D---C---------C-F-G---G-C-|
LH:2|----F---------------------|

RH:4|------AA-GA-----AGA---b-G-|
LH:3|----C-A-C---C-A-C---D-b-D-|
LH:2|--F-------F-------F-------|

RH:6|------C-------------------|
RH:5|--F-A---------------------|
RH:4|-----------FAG-A-A--C--GA-|
LH:3|--D-b-D---C-A-C---C-A-C---|
LH:2|F-------F-------F-------F-|

RH:6|---------C-D--------------|
RH:5|--------------G-----------|
RH:4|--b-G------------GbA-b--b-|
LH:3|D-b-D---D-b-D---D-b-D---D-|
LH:2|------F-------G-------G---|

RH:5|-----A--------------------|
RH:5|-----C--f-----------------|
RH:4|---Ab--G---FG-A-f--F------|
RH:3|--------------------A-----|
LH:3|b-D---C-G-C---C-G-C---C-A-|
LH:2|----f-------f-------F-----|

RH:4|-------------F--F-F-f-C--f|
RH:4|----------------------A---|
RH:3|-AA--AFb--A--A--A-A-G----G|
LH:3|C---C--D------------------|
LH:2|--F-------F---------------|
LH:1|------------------F-------|

RH:5|----------A---AGA-F---A---|
RH:4|F---------A---AGA-F---A---|
RH:3|A-------------------------|
LH:3|-C-AGA-C-C-AGA-C-C-AGA-C-D|
LH:2|F-------F-------F-------F-|

RH:6|------F--f-C--------C-C---|
RH:5|b---G-----------F-A-C-C-F-|
RH:4|b---G-----------F-A-----F-|
LH:3|-bAb-D-D-bAb-D-C-AGA-C-C-A|
LH:2|------F-------F-------F---|

RH:6|------------------------C-|
RH:5|-----A-GA--b-G----------C-|
RH:4|-----A-GA--b-G------------|
LH:4|-----------------------C-C|
LH:3|GA-C-D-bAb-D-D-bAb-D-f--b-|
LH:2|----F-------F-------A-----|

RH:6|--C--C--C-CD--------------|
RH:5|--CA-C--C-CD-b----A-b-G-A-|
RH:4|---A---------b----A-b-G-A-|
LH:4|-----C-C-----CD-----------|
LH:3|-f-f--b--f-F---b-F-C-AbG-C|
LH:2|--A-------b-------f-------|

RH:5|-A------------------------|
RH:5|-F------------------------|
RH:5|-D------------------------|
RH:4|-A----------------------C-|
RH:3|----------------b---b-----|
LH:4|--------fD----------------|
LH:3|---fFG-A---A-F-DGD-GDG-DGC|
LH:2|DA----------A---G----G--f-|

RH:5|------D-F---D-C--C--------|
RH:4|-----F---------A--A----AGA|
LH:4|----------D---------------|
LH:3|-GCG---F-b-----C-FA-----DF|
LH:2|------b-------F-------DA--|

RH:5|C-------------DF-DC----C--|
RH:4|---AG--AG-F---------A---AG|
LH:4|----------------D---------|
LH:3|A------Cf----F-b-----C-FA-|
LH:2|----CG------b-------F-----|

RH:6|------------------D-F---D-|
RH:5|-----------------FD-F---D-|
RH:4|-G---------------F--------|
LH:4|----------------------D--D|
LH:3|-----Cf--G--ACf-F---F-bF-b|
LH:2|--CG------CG--------------|
LH:1|------------------b-------|

RH:6|C--C--------C-------------|
RH:5|CA-CA----G-AC--AG--AG-F--F|
RH:4|-A--A----G-A---AG--AG-F--F|
LH:4|------------------f-f--f--|
LH:4|----C--C----C--D--C-C--C--|
LH:3|--F-AF-A----FD-F--G--G----|
LH:3|------------A--A----------|
LH:2|F-------D-------C-------b-|
LH:1|------------------------b-|

RH:6|DF-D-C-C------------------|
RH:5|--------------G-----------|
RH:5|--------------f-----------|
RH:5|DF-D-CAC-A--G-C-----------|
RH:4|------A--A--G-G-----------|
LH:4|--F-------F-------f--f---f|
LH:4|--D-------C-------C--C---C|
LH:3|--F-------F------fGf-G-f-G|
LH:3|--b-------A---------------|
LH:2|------F-------C-----------|

RH:6|------------F-------------|
RH:5|---FGA-f--F-F-------------|
RH:4|---FGA-f--F---------------|
LH:4|-f------------------------|
LH:4|-C----C--------CDFDC-----C|
LH:3|fG----C------Fb------CFGA-|
LH:3|------G-------------------|
LH:3|------f-------------------|
LH:2|------------b-------F-----|

RH:6|-------f-DC---------------|
RH:5|-------f-DC-----G-F-------|
RH:4|----------------G-F-------|
LH:4|----------------------D---|
LH:3|AG--DFGAGF-CfGAbAG--DA-bAF|
LH:2|--DA------f-------DA------|

RH:6|C-----------------------D-|
RH:5|C-------G-------------F-D-|
RH:4|--------G-------------F---|
LH:4|---DfCc----CDfDC---CDfDC--|
LH:3|-fA----ACGf-----CfG------F|
LH:2|A-----------------------b-|

RH:7|----------------------C---|
RH:6|--A---C---F---D---A---C---|
RH:5|--A---C---F---D---A-------|
LH:4|--D-----------------------|
LH:3|-b-b-F-C-FAF-C---fFD---C-f|
LH:2|------F-------DA-----Af---|

RH:6|G---D---A---G---f---------|
RH:5|G---D---A---G---f---D---A-|
LH:4|---C----D------CfC------D-|
LH:3|GC---F-b-b-F-G-----G-F-b-b|
LH:2|----b-------b-------b-----|

RH:5|--G---f---D---F---f---C---|
LH:4|-----CfC------D------CfC--|
LH:3|-F-G-----G-F-b-b-F-G-----G|
LH:2|--b-------b-------b-------|

RH:5|----D---C-----------------|
RH:4|G-----------G---F---------|
RH:4|F-------------------------|
RH:4|D-------------------------|
RH:3|----------------A---------|
LH:4|------------CD-f----------|
LH:3|---CDf-FGA-b-------CA--F--|
LH:2|b------------------------F|
LH:1|-b---------------F--------|

RH:5|--------------F------eFeC-|
RH:4|-----GG-C-f-F-G----------b|
RH:4|--------A-----b-----------|
RH:3|-----bb---G-A-------------|
LH:3|-CA----F----------G--e----|
LH:3|---------------------b----|
LH:3|---------------------G----|
LH:2|-----------F--e--b-------e|

RH:5|C-----------------------DF|
RH:4|-bGFGFC-G------C------F---|
RH:4|---------------A----------|
RH:3|-------b------------------|
LH:3|-----e-----CA--F-C-FA-----|
LH:3|-----b--------------------|
LH:3|-----G--------------------|
LH:2|---------F--------------e-|

RH:5|-DG--FGFDCDC--------------|
RH:4|------------GFGFDCG-------|
LH:4|--D-------------------C---|
LH:3|--e------------------CF--C|
LH:3|--b-----------------------|
LH:3|--G-------------------A---|
LH:2|--b---------------F-------|

RH:4|F-------------------------|
RH:4|A-------------------------|
LH:3|---CG--F------------------|
LH:2|-------A------------------|
LH:1|-------F------------------|
Emphasis by Sleeping At Last Piano / Keyboard Easy Letter Notes for Beginners
Congratulations! You’ve now reached the end of our guide to playing Emphasis by Sleeping At Last on the piano. With the easy piano letter notes provided, you have everything you need to bring this beloved song to life, whether you’re practicing alone or performing for friends and family. Remember, learning piano is all about patience, practice, and passion. Take your time mastering each part of the song, and don’t worry if it doesn’t sound perfect at first—every great musician started somewhere!

As you become more comfortable, try experimenting with your own style and dynamics to make the song truly your own. And don’t forget, music is meant to be enjoyed, so celebrate your progress and have fun along the way.

If you enjoyed this tutorial, be sure to explore the rest of our collection of easy piano letter notes for more of your favorite songs. There’s always another melody waiting to be learned! Keep practicing, keep playing, and most importantly, keep sharing your love of music with the world. Happy playing!

Quick guide on how to read the letter notes

how to read and play the letter notes
Each group of letter notes is played from left to right, and vertical letters on the same column are played together.

The numbers in front of each line are the octave, each octave has an unique color so you can easily follow them.

Lowercase (a b c d e f g) letters are natural notes (white keys, a.k.a A B C D E F G ).
Uppercase (A C D F G) letters are the sharp notes (black keys a.k.a. A# C# D# F# G#), look at the image below to see where each letter note is on the piano keyboard.

The lines / dashes (-) between letters indicates timing to play the notes. Just listen to the audio file at the top of the post to figure out the time lenght of the dashes (usually 5-6 dashes is about 1 second)

RH / LH means Right Hand / Left Hand and it's mostly for people who play the piano, it tells them with what hand to play the lines. Also, if you want to play a easy version of the song, playing only the RH lines does exactly that, because on most songs RH notes are for melody and LH notes are for bass.
piano letters notation and octaves

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  1. Death is promised to the bee
    Whose sting protects the colony
    Was its life worth nothing more
    Than honey for the queen?

    Life is a branch and it is a dove
    Handcrafted by confusing love
    Sign language is our reply
    When church bells make no sound

    In hollow towers and empty hives
    We craved sweetness with a fear of heights
    Was it all just a grain of sand
    In an hourglass?

    The smartest thing I've ever learned
    Is that I don't have all the answers
    Just a little light to call my own

    Though it pales in comparison
    To the overarching shadows
    A speck of light can reignite the sun
    And swallow darkness whole

    Death is a cold, blindfolded kiss
    It is the finger pressed upon our lips
    It puts an unwanted emphasis
    On how we should have lived

    Life is a gorgeous, broken gift
    Six billion pieces waiting to be fixed
    Love letters that were never signed
    Sent to where we live

    But the sweetest thing I've ever heard
    Is that I don't have to have the answers
    Just a little light to call my own

    Though it pales in comparison
    To the overarching shadows
    A speck of light can reignite the sun
    And swallow darkness whole

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