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Take Me Or Leave Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Glee Cast

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Left hand Jazz walkRight hand Freeze-tag 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 Or Leave Me without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

Take Me Or Leave Me accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Gm – Am – Bb loop with jazz walk in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2 G2 Ab2 A2
Bar 2
Gm
RBb4+D5+F5+G5 Bb4+D5+F5+G5 Bb4+D5+F5+G5
LG2 A2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4
LA2 B2 C3 C3
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db5 D5 F5 G5 F5 D5 Db5 Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 D3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2 G2 Ab2 A2
Bar 6
Gm
RBb4+D5+F5+G5 Bb4+D5+F5+G5 Bb4+D5+F5+G5
LG2 A2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4
LA2 B2 C3 C3
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 D3

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 Or Leave Me

What are the letter notes for the Take Me Or Leave 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 F – Gm – Am – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Take Me Or Leave Me?

The loop is F – Gm – Am – Bb (I – ii – iii – IV) in F major, and the song ends on F – Eb – F.

What key is Take Me Or Leave Me in?

F major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Take Me Or Leave Me?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Take Me Or Leave Me 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.