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The Way I Tend To Be: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Frank Turner
- B major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 2013
- Medium
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 The Way I Tend To Be without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand ticking clock.
The Way I Tend To Be accompaniment in letter notes
The E – B – F#sus4 – E loop with walking roots in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Way I Tend To Be
What are the letter notes for the The Way I Tend To Be 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 E – B – F#sus4 – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Way I Tend To Be?
The loop is E – B – F#sus4 – E (IV – I – Vsus – IV) in B major, and the song ends on E – F# – B.
What key is The Way I Tend To Be in?
B major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Way I Tend To Be?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Way I Tend To Be easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.