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You Don’t Own Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • G minor
  • 6/8
  • 95 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Swelling 6/8Right hand Rowing-boat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Don’t Own Me without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.

You Don’t Own Me accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – Cm – D – Cm loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand and rowing-boat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 Bb3 G3 D3
Bar 2
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 Eb4 C4 G3
Bar 3
D
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 D3 F#3 D3 A2
Bar 4
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 G4 C5 Eb5 G5 C6 Eb6
LC3 G3 C4 Eb4 C4 G3
Bar 5
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 Bb3 G3 D3
Bar 6
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 Eb4 C4 G3
Bar 7
D
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 D3 F#3 D3 A2
Bar 8
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 Eb4 C4 G3

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 Don’t Own Me

What are the letter notes for the You Don’t Own Me 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 Gm – Cm – D – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You Don’t Own Me?

The loop is Gm – Cm – D – Cm (i – iv – V – iv) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is You Don’t Own Me in?

G minor, at about 95 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in You Don’t Own Me?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Don’t Own Me easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.