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Take Me As I Am: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Mary J. Blige

  • F# minor
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 2005
  • Easy
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Left hand Run-up footstepsRight hand Late-knock chordsChords 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 Take Me As I Am without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand late-knock chords.

Take Me As I Am accompaniment in letter notes

The D – Bm – F#m – D loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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 Me As I Am

What are the letter notes for the Take Me As I Am 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 D – Bm – F#m – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Take Me As I Am?

The loop is D – Bm – F#m – D (bVI – iv – i – bVI) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is Take Me As I Am in?

F# minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Take Me As I Am?

Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Take Me As I Am 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.