Love Of The Common Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

C# minor
4/4
100 BPM
1971
Easy

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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 Love Of The Common Man without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand bossa chords.

Love Of The Common Man accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – B – A – F#m loop with push and land in the left hand and bossa chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#mRE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

Bar 2
BRD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2

Bar 3
ARC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2

Bar 4
F#mRA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 5
C#mRE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

Bar 6
BRD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2

Bar 7
ARC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2

Bar 8
F#mRA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

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 Love Of The Common Man

What are the letter notes for the Love Of The Common 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 C#m – B – A – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Love Of The Common Man?

The loop is C#m – B – A – F#m (i – bVII – bVI – iv) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Love Of The Common Man in?

C# minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Love Of The Common Man?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Love Of The Common Man 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.