Piano chords · Bossa beach
I Am...I Said: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Neil Diamond
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- V–I–IV–V loop
- 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 I Am...I Said without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand clockwork chords.
I Am...I Said accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Bb – Eb – F loop with bossa sway in the left hand and clockwork 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 I Am...I Said
What are the letter notes for the I Am...I Said 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 F – Bb – Eb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Am...I Said?
The loop is F – Bb – Eb – F (V – I – IV – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is I Am...I Said in?
Bb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Am...I Said?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Am...I Said 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.