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Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child: piano accompaniment sheet music
- F minor
- 4/4
- 66 BPM
- 2000
- Tricky
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Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child written out as piano music: the i – bVI7 – i – II7 loop in F minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rainbow sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-10-15) and the right hand soft chords.
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fm | i | F Ab C |
| 2 | Db7 | VI7 | Db F Ab Cb |
| 3 | Fm | i | F Ab C |
| 4 | G7 | II7 | G B D F |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: rainbow sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-10-15) in the left hand and soft chords in the right, over the Fm – Db7 – Fm – G7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Does the sheet music for Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child?
The loop is Fm – Db7 – Fm – G7 (i – bVI7 – i – II7) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child in?
F minor, at about 66 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child?
Rainbow sweep: wide arpeggio 1-5-8-10-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.