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Here I Am: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Rebecca St. James, Bill Deaton & others

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 1994
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Here I Am without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand soft chords.

Here I Am accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Bb – Eb – Fm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 Ab6 F6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 Here I Am

What are the letter notes for the Here I Am 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 Cm – Bb – Eb – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Here I Am?

The loop is Cm – Bb – Eb – Fm (vi – V – I – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Here I Am in?

Eb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Here I Am?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Here I Am 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.