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Listen To The Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By George Ezra

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Left hand Boom-chickRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Listen To The Man without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand ticking clock.

Listen To The Man accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – D loop with boom-chick in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3
Bar 2
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2
Bar 3
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3
Bar 4
D
RD4 D4 A6 F#6 D6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LD2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2
Bar 5
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3
Bar 6
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2
Bar 7
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3 A2 C#3+E3
Bar 8
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2 D2 F#2+A2

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 Listen To The Man

What are the letter notes for the Listen To The Man 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 A – D – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Listen To The Man?

The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on A – E – A.

What key is Listen To The Man in?

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

What does the left hand play in Listen To The Man?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Listen To The Man 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.