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Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Elliot Wolff, Bryan Abrams & others
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I7–IV7–I7–IV7 loop
- 1995
- 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 Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up without reading music. The left hand plays stair steps (broken chord 1-3-5) and the right hand eager chords.
Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Ab7 loop with stair steps in the left hand and eager chords in the right. 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 Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up
What are the letter notes for the Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up 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 Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Ab7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up?
The loop is Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Ab7 (I7 – IV7 – I7 – IV7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Db – Ab – Eb.
What key is Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up?
Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up 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.