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Why Try to Change Me Now: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bob Dylan

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 56 BPM
  • 1958
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Steady 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 Why Try to Change Me Now without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.

Why Try to Change Me Now accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Bb – Gm – Cm loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 3
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 7
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3

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 Why Try to Change Me Now

What are the letter notes for the Why Try to Change Me Now 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 Fm – Bb – Gm – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Why Try to Change Me Now?

The loop is Fm – Bb – Gm – Cm (ii – V – iii – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Why Try to Change Me Now in?

Eb major, at about 56 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Why Try to Change Me Now?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Why Try to Change Me Now 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.