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A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Neil Diamond

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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Bb – F – Bb loop with bossa sway in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 G6 F6 E6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

What are the letter notes for the A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You 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 F – Bb – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You?

The loop is F – Bb – F – Bb (I – IV – I – IV) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb – F.

What key is A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You in?

F major, at about 112 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.