Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By John Barry
- F major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1985
- Easy
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 Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa) without reading music. The left hand plays over-the-hill (broken chord 1-5-3-1) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa) accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – Bb – Dm – Am loop with over-the-hill in the left hand and heartbeat 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 Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa)
What are the letter notes for the I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa) 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 Dm – Bb – Dm – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa)?
The loop is Dm – Bb – Dm – Am (vi – IV – vi – iii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa) in?
F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa)?
Over-the-hill: broken chord 1-5-3-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Had A Farm In Africa (Main Title from Out Of Africa) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.