Piano chords · Rock drive
All About That Bass: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- A major
- 4/4
- 129 BPM
- 2014
- Medium
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 All About That Bass without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand double island chords.
The bass riff of All About That Bass in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
All About That Bass accompaniment in letter notes
The A – A – Bm – Bm loop with giant steps in the left hand and double island 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 All About That Bass
What are the letter notes for the All About That Bass 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 A – A – Bm – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in All About That Bass?
The loop is A – A – Bm – Bm (I – ii – I – ii) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – E7 – A.
What key is All About That Bass in?
A major, at about 129 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in All About That Bass?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is All About That Bass 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.
Can I hear the real melody of All About That Bass?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.