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I Am My Own Invention: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frank Wildhorn

  • Bb major
  • 3/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz 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 I Am My Own Invention without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz chords.

I Am My Own Invention accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Em – Bb – Em loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 2
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 4
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4 G4 B4 E5 G5 B5 E6 G6
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 6
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 8
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+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 I Am My Own Invention

What are the letter notes for the I Am My Own Invention 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 Bb – Em – Bb – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Am My Own Invention?

The loop is Bb – Em – Bb – Em (I – #iv – I – #iv) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.

What key is I Am My Own Invention in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in I Am My Own Invention?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Am My Own Invention 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.