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A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Norman Gimbel & Irving Reid
- D minor
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- i–iv–i–iv loop
- 1951
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand late-knock chords.
A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – Gm – Dm – Gm loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and late-knock chords 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 A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry
What are the letter notes for the A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry 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 Dm – Gm – Dm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry?
The loop is Dm – Gm – Dm – Gm (i – iv – i – iv) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry in?
D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.