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What Is A Man?: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V–I–V loop
- 1951
- Easy
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What Is A Man? written out as piano music: the I – V – I – V loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) and the right hand polka-hop chords.
What Is A Man? chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 2 | Eb | V | Eb G Bb |
| 3 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 4 | Eb | V | Eb G Bb |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) in the left hand and polka-hop chords in the right, over the Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about What Is A Man?
Does the sheet music for What Is A Man? have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in What Is A Man??
The loop is Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb (I – V – I – V) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is What Is A Man? in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What Is A Man??
Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Is A Man? 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.