Piano chords · Old-time stride
The Man With The Horn: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Eddie De Lange
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 105 BPM
- I–ii–I–ii loop
- 1946
- Easy
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 The Man With The Horn without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand push chords.
The Man With The Horn accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Fm – Eb – Fm loop with stride jumps in the left hand and push 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 The Man With The Horn
What are the letter notes for the The Man With The Horn 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 Eb – Fm – Eb – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Man With The Horn?
The loop is Eb – Fm – Eb – Fm (I – ii – I – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab7 – Eb.
What key is The Man With The Horn in?
Eb major, at about 105 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Man With The Horn?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Man With The Horn 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.