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Walk Like A Giant: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Neil Young

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2012
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Double-skip 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 Walk Like A Giant without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand double-skip chords.

Walk Like A Giant accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – Dm – Am – F loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 2
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 3
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 6
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 7
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2

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 Walk Like A Giant

What are the letter notes for the Walk Like A Giant 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 Am – Dm – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Walk Like A Giant?

The loop is Am – Dm – Am – F (vi – ii – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Walk Like A Giant in?

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

What does the left hand play in Walk Like A Giant?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Walk Like A Giant 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.