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Show Me Your Ways: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Russell Fragar

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Left hand Hammock heartbeatRight hand Cradle chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Show Me Your Ways without reading music. The left hand plays hammock heartbeat (root bass · 6/8 lilt) and the right hand cradle chords.

Show Me Your Ways accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Am – F – C loop with hammock heartbeat in the left hand and cradle chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3

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 Show Me Your Ways

What are the letter notes for the Show Me Your Ways 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 – Am – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Show Me Your Ways?

The loop is C – Am – F – C (I – vi – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – F – C.

What key is Show Me Your Ways in?

C major, at about 56 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Show Me Your Ways?

Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Show Me Your Ways 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.