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Take It Like A Man: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Legally Blonde The Musical

  • F# major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2007
  • Easy
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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 It Like A Man without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand steady chords.

Take It Like A Man accompaniment in letter notes

The F# – G#m – F# – E loop with three-step climb in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#
RA#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 C#3 F#3
Bar 2
G#m
RB4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5
LG#2 D#3 G#3
Bar 3
F#
RA#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 C#3 F#3
Bar 4
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 E4 G#4 B4 E5 G#5 B5 E6 G#6
LE2 B2 E3
Bar 5
F#
RA#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 C#3 F#3
Bar 6
G#m
RB4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5
LG#2 D#3 G#3
Bar 7
F#
RA#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 C#3 F#3
Bar 8
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 E3

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 It Like A Man

What are the letter notes for the Take It Like A Man 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 F# – G#m – F# – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Take It Like A Man?

The loop is F# – G#m – F# – E (I – ii – I – bVII) in F# major, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.

What key is Take It Like A Man in?

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

What does the left hand play in Take It Like A Man?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Take It Like A Man easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.