Piano chords · Blues & boogie
A Guy What Takes His Time: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Ralph Rainger
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 98 BPM
- 1932
- Medium
A Guy What Takes His Time written out as piano music: the I7 – V7 – biio – V7 loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
A Guy What Takes His Time chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bb7 | I7 | Bb D F Ab |
| 2 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
| 3 | Bdim | bii° | B D F |
| 4 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the Bb7 – F7 – Bdim – F7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about A Guy What Takes His Time
Does the sheet music for A Guy What Takes His Time have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in A Guy What Takes His Time?
The loop is Bb7 – F7 – Bdim – F7 (I7 – V7 – biio – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is A Guy What Takes His Time in?
Bb major, at about 98 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Guy What Takes His Time?
Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Guy What Takes His Time 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.