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Human On The Inside: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Mark McEntee & Shelly Peiken

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1996
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Peekaboo chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Human On The Inside without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand peekaboo chords.

Human On The Inside accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – A – F#m – Bm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and peekaboo chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 B6 F#6 D6 B5 G#5 G5 F#5 E#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 5
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

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 Human On The Inside

What are the letter notes for the Human On The Inside 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 Em – A – F#m – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Human On The Inside?

The loop is Em – A – F#m – Bm (ii – V – iii – vi) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Human On The Inside in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Human On The Inside?

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

Is Human On The Inside 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.