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Nowhere Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- E major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–IV–iv–I loop
- 1965
- 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 Nowhere Man without reading music. The left hand plays hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand late-hop chords.
Nowhere Man accompaniment in letter notes
The E – A – Am – E loop with hurrying footsteps in the left hand and late-hop chords 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 Nowhere Man
What are the letter notes for the Nowhere 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 E – A – Am – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Nowhere Man?
The loop is E – A – Am – E (I – IV – iv – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – Am – E.
What key is Nowhere Man in?
E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Nowhere Man?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Nowhere 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.