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Man In The Box: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Alice In Chains
- E major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1990
- Easy
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 Man In The Box without reading music. The left hand plays tiptoe heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&) and the right hand offbeat skank.
Man In The Box accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – G – D – A loop with tiptoe heartbeat in the left hand and offbeat skank 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 Man In The Box
What are the letter notes for the Man In The Box 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 Em – G – D – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Man In The Box?
The loop is Em – G – D – A (i – bIII – bVII – IV) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Man In The Box in?
E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Man In The Box?
Tiptoe heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Man In The Box 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.