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Karma Chameleon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by George O’Dowd, Jon Moss & others
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- I–V–I–V loop
- 1983
- Medium
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 Karma Chameleon without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand ticking clock.
Karma Chameleon accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Bb – F loop with island pulse in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Karma Chameleon
What are the letter notes for the Karma Chameleon 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 Bb – F – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Karma Chameleon?
The loop is Bb – F – Bb – F (I – V – I – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Karma Chameleon in?
Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Karma Chameleon?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Karma Chameleon 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.