Piano Sheet Music for Someone Like You by Adele

Adele is without a doubt the crush of many, and of course she's our crush too. This time we're giving you the piano sheet music for Someone Like You by Adele.

This is one of her most important compositions, and both music lovers and pianists gain a great musical resource when they learn to play this song. 

With its easy harmony and a steady arpeggio that loops over and over to train the fingers, Someone Like You by Adele will be one of the most valuable practice pieces you'll have. 

That's why we're going to give you the sheet music along with a few important pointers. 

Other Adele Compositions Worth Learning

Adele is a prolific singer and songwriter with a remarkably broad repertoire. Best of all, her songs consistently land at the top of the charts. 

That popularity is one of the defining features of Someone Like You by Adele, while many of her other songs are absolute must-listens too. 

This means there are plenty of other compositions you can listen to and learn to expand your repertoire of great commercial music. 

You can start by listening to the following: 

• When We Were Young
• Make You Feel My Love
• Water Under the Bridge
• Rolling in the Deep
• Hello

In upcoming posts we'll be sharing the chords and piano sheet music for these songs with you. 

Someone Like You by Adele on Piano

Adele's Someone Like You has a few features that make it fairly easy to learn. 

First and foremost, it's a ballad, and ballad tempos are basic—they have no complications and almost no syncopation of any kind. 

Likewise, harmonically it's a piece that always stays within the harmonic function. This means the chords are basic, though you'll always come across inversions. 

As a result, Someone Like You by Adele will be one of your best resources for training your interpretation. 

That's the most important thing about this composition, because interpretation is key to conveying the feeling Adele pours into it. 

Tempo

To play this piece you should set your metronome to a quarter note at 68 BPM, which is a slow tempo. But because it stays constant, holding the dynamics of Someone Like You by Adele won't be easy.

One of our recommendations is to practice the measures separately until you've mastered each movement. Then you can put them all together so the complete piece takes shape. 

Harmony

Harmonically, Someone Like You by Adele is built on the harmonic function of A major. As a result, you'll find the natural accidentals C#, F#, and G# that belong to this key. 

The chords involved in this piece are: 

A - C#m7/G# - F#m7 - D - Eadd9

Arpeggio

Each of the chords in Someone Like You by Adele forms a loop. This means they repeat constantly—they're a fixed pattern. 

As a result, this composition is a workout for your fingers and a way to build muscle memory.

Remember that we're providing the sheet music in PDF format so you can download it and have a visual resource on hand.