Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Am I The Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by B. Hamilton & T. King
- E major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–vi–I–vi loop
- 1960
- Medium
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 Am I The Man without reading music. The left hand plays boogie climb (broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5) and the right hand eager chords.
Am I The Man accompaniment in letter notes
The E – C#m – E – C#m loop with boogie climb in the left hand and eager 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 Am I The Man
What are the letter notes for the Am I The Man 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 E – C#m – E – C#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Am I The Man?
The loop is E – C#m – E – C#m (I – vi – I – vi) in E major, and the song ends on E – C#m – E.
What key is Am I The Man in?
E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Am I The Man?
Boogie climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Am I The Man easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.