Piano chords · Slow dance ’50s
Who I Was Born To Be: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Susan Boyle
- G major
- 12/8
- 93 BPM
- 2009
- Easy
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 Who I Was Born To Be without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Who I Was Born To Be accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Bm – Em – Bm loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand. 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 Who I Was Born To Be
What are the letter notes for the Who I Was Born 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 G – Bm – Em – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Who I Was Born To Be?
The loop is G – Bm – Em – Bm (I – iii – vi – iii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Who I Was Born To Be in?
G major, at about 93 beats a minute in 12/8.
What does the left hand play in Who I Was Born To Be?
Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Who I Was Born To Be 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.