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I’ll Make A Man Out Of You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Matthew Wilder

  • E minor
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1998
  • Easy
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Left hand Run-up footstepsRight hand Sleep-in chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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’ll Make A Man Out Of You without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand sleep-in chords.

I’ll Make A Man Out Of You accompaniment in letter notes

The D – G – C – D loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and sleep-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 B4+E5+G#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 E5+A5+C#6
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 A4+D5+F#5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
D
RC4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 B4+E5+G#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 E5+A5+C#6
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 A4+D5+F#5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 B4+E5+G#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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’ll Make A Man Out Of You

What are the letter notes for the I’ll Make A Man Out Of 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 D – G – C – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’ll Make A Man Out Of You?

The loop is D – G – C – D (bVII – bIII – bVI – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is I’ll Make A Man Out Of You in?

E minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I’ll Make A Man Out Of You?

Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’ll Make A Man Out Of 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.