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When A Man Loves A Woman: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Percy Sledge
- Eb major
- 6/8
- 64 BPM
- 1966
- 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 When A Man Loves A Woman without reading music. The left hand plays cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.
The main tune of When A Man Loves A Woman in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
When A Man Loves A Woman accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Dm – Cm – Eb – Cm loop with cradle pulse in the left hand and rowing-boat 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 When A Man Loves A Woman
What are the letter notes for the When A Man Loves A Woman 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 – Dm – Cm – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When A Man Loves A Woman?
The loop is Eb – Dm – Cm – Eb – Cm (I – vii – vi – I – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.
What key is When A Man Loves A Woman in?
Eb major, at about 64 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in When A Man Loves A Woman?
Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When A Man Loves A Woman easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of When A Man Loves A Woman?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.