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Superman: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Five For Fighting

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2000
  • Medium
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Left hand Yo-yo bounceRight hand Pitter-patterChords 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 Superman without reading music. The left hand plays yo-yo bounce (broken chord 8-5-8) and the right hand pitter-patter.

Superman accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – Am – Fsus4 loop with yo-yo bounce in the left hand and pitter-patter in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+C5 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 2
G
RB4+G5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
LG3 D3 G3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+A4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LA3 E3 A3
Bar 4
Fsus4
RBb4+F5 C5 F4 Bb4 C5 F5 Bb5 C6 F6 Bb6
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 5
C
RE4+C5 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 6
G
RB4+G5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
LG3 D3 G3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+A4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LA3 E3 A3
Bar 8
Fsus4
RBb4+F5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5
LF3 C3 F3

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 Superman

What are the letter notes for the Superman 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 – G – Am – Fsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Superman?

The loop is C – G – Am – Fsus4 (I – V5 – vi – IVsus) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Superman in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Superman?

Yo-yo bounce: broken chord 8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Superman 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.