Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How Am I Doin': easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- E major
- 4/4
- 96 BPM
- 2003
- Easy
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 How Am I Doin' without reading music. The left hand plays bluesy shrug (broken chord 8-5-7) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
How Am I Doin' accompaniment in letter notes
The C – A7 – C – A7 loop with bluesy shrug in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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.
Play next
Questions about How Am I Doin'
What are the letter notes for the How Am I Doin' 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 C – A7 – C – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in How Am I Doin'?
The loop is C – A7 – C – A7 (bVI – IV7 – bVI – IV7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is How Am I Doin' in?
E major, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Am I Doin'?
Bluesy shrug: broken chord 8-5-7, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Am I Doin' 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.