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I'm Walking: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Donnie McClurkin

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2003
  • Medium
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Left hand Double island pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Walking without reading music. The left hand plays double island pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

I'm Walking accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab7 – Eb7 – G7 – Ab7 loop with double island pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 Walking

What are the letter notes for the I'm Walking 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 Ab7 – Eb7 – G7 – Ab7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I'm Walking?

The loop is Ab7 – Eb7 – G7 – Ab7 (I7 – V7 – VII7 – I7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is I'm Walking in?

Ab major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I'm Walking?

Double island pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I'm Walking 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.