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Black My Story: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Ziggy Marley & Stephen Marley
- D major
- 2/2
- 84 BPM
- 1989
- Medium
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 Black My Story without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand double-clap chords.
Black My Story accompaniment in letter notes
The A – D – Em – A loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and double-clap 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 Black My Story
What are the letter notes for the Black My Story 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 A – D – Em – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Black My Story?
The loop is A – D – Em – A (V – I – ii – V) in D major, and the song ends on Em – A – D.
What key is Black My Story in?
D major, at about 84 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Black My Story?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Black My Story 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.