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I’m Coming Out: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
- D minor
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1980
- 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’m Coming Out without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand pop stabs.
I’m Coming Out accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – Gm – Am – Gm loop with island pulse in the left hand and pop stabs 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’m Coming Out
What are the letter notes for the I’m Coming Out 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 Am – Gm – Am – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I’m Coming Out?
The loop is Am – Gm – Am – Gm (v – iv – v – iv) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is I’m Coming Out in?
D minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I’m Coming Out?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I’m Coming Out 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.