Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Take A Chance On Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- A major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 2005
- Medium
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 Take A Chance On Me without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand pumping chords.
The repeating figure of Take A Chance On 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.
Take A Chance On Me accompaniment in letter notes
The A – B – B – B – B loop with jazz walk in the left hand and pumping 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 Take A Chance On Me
What are the letter notes for the Take A Chance On 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 A – B – B – B – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Take A Chance On Me?
The loop is A – B – B – B – B (I – II – I – II) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Take A Chance On Me in?
A major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Take A Chance On Me?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Take A Chance On Me easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Take A Chance On Me?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.