Piano chords · Bossa beach
Man In The Middle: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & others
- E minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- i–bVI–bIII–bVII loop
- 2001
- 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 Man In The Middle without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand snowfall.
Man In The Middle accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – C – G – D loop with bossa sway in the left hand and snowfall 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 Middle
What are the letter notes for the Man In The Middle 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 – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Man In The Middle?
The loop is Em – C – G – D (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Man In The Middle in?
E minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Man In The Middle?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Man In The Middle 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.