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Not A Common Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Duncan Sheik
- D minor
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- 2016
- 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 Not A Common Man without reading music. The left hand plays stumbling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.
Not A Common Man accompaniment in letter notes
The Gsus4 – Dsus4 – Fsus4 – Bbsus4 loop with stumbling footsteps in the left hand. 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 Not A Common Man
What are the letter notes for the Not A 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 Gsus4 – Dsus4 – Fsus4 – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Not A Common Man?
The loop is Gsus4 – Dsus4 – Fsus4 – Bbsus4 (IVsus – Isus – bIIIsus – bVIsus) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Not A Common Man in?
D minor, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Not A Common Man?
Stumbling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Not A 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.