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I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- C minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Easy
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 Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You without reading music. The left hand plays hurry-and-wait pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Gm – Fm – Gm loop with hurry-and-wait pulse in the left hand. 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 Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
What are the letter notes for the I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You 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 Cm – Gm – Fm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You?
The loop is Cm – Gm – Fm – Gm (i – v – iv – v) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You in?
C minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You?
Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You 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.