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Strangers Like Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Artist unknown
- Db major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1999
- 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 Strangers Like Me without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand swing push.
The repeating figure of Strangers Like Me in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Strangers Like Me accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Ebm – Db – Ab – Db – Ab – Gb – Ab – Db loop with island pulse in the left hand and swing push 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 Strangers Like Me
What are the letter notes for the Strangers Like Me 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 Ab – Ebm – Db – Ab – Db – Ab – Gb – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Strangers Like Me?
The loop is Ab – Ebm – Db – Ab – Db – Ab – Gb – Ab – Db (V – ii – I – V – I – V – IV – V – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is Strangers Like Me in?
Db major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Strangers Like Me?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Strangers Like Me easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 9 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Strangers Like Me?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.