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You Are What You Wear: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Duncan Sheik

  • Bb minor
  • 4/4
  • 123 BPM
  • 2016
  • Easy
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Left hand Run-up footstepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You Are What You Wear without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

You Are What You Wear accompaniment in letter notes

The Gb – Fm – Bbm – Ab loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 F4 Gb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5 F5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 You Are What You Wear

What are the letter notes for the You Are What You Wear 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 Gb – Fm – Bbm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You Are What You Wear?

The loop is Gb – Fm – Bbm – Ab (bVI – v – i – bVII) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.

What key is You Are What You Wear in?

Bb minor, at about 123 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Are What You Wear?

Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Are What You Wear 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.