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I’m Martin Guerre: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Claude-Michel Schönberg

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I’m Martin Guerre written out as piano music: the I – V – I – V loop in Bb minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

I’m Martin Guerre chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BbIBb D F
2FVF A C
3BbIBb D F
4FVF A C

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the Bb – F – Bb – F chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about I’m Martin Guerre

Does the sheet music for I’m Martin Guerre have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in I’m Martin Guerre?

The loop is Bb – F – Bb – F (I – V – I – V) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.

What key is I’m Martin Guerre in?

Bb minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I’m Martin Guerre?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’m Martin Guerre easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.