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I Wanna Be A Producer: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Mel Brooks

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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Wait-a-beat 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 Wanna Be A Producer without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

I Wanna Be A Producer accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – A7 – Dm – A7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 2
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 4
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 A6 G6 E6 C#6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5
LA2 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3
Bar 5
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 6
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 8
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3

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 Wanna Be A Producer

What are the letter notes for the I Wanna Be A Producer 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 – A7 – Dm – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Wanna Be A Producer?

The loop is Dm – A7 – Dm – A7 (i – V7 – i – V7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is I Wanna Be A Producer in?

D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Wanna Be A Producer?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Wanna Be A Producer 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.