Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Brown Eyed Handsome Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Artist unknown
- E major
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- I–bVII–I–bVII loop
- 1956
- 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 Brown Eyed Handsome Man without reading music. The left hand plays rockabilly wiggle (broken chord 8-6-5-6) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
Brown Eyed Handsome Man accompaniment in letter notes
The E – D – E – D loop with rockabilly wiggle in the left hand and deep-breath 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 Brown Eyed Handsome Man
What are the letter notes for the Brown Eyed Handsome 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 – D – E – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Brown Eyed Handsome Man?
The loop is E – D – E – D (I – bVII – I – bVII) in E major, and the song ends on E – D – E.
What key is Brown Eyed Handsome Man in?
E major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Brown Eyed Handsome Man?
Rockabilly wiggle: broken chord 8-6-5-6, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Brown Eyed Handsome 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.