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All About That Bass: piano accompaniment sheet music
- A major
- 4/4
- 129 BPM
- 2014
- Medium
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All About That Bass written out as piano music: the I – ii – I – ii loop in A major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand double island chords.
All About That Bass chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in A 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 | A | I | A C# E |
| 3 | Bm | ii | B D F# |
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: giant steps (lh chords) in the left hand and double island chords in the right, over the A – A – Bm – Bm 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.
To see the real melody written out, play “The part you know”: the sheet music changes to it.
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Questions about All About That Bass
Does the sheet music for All About That Bass 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 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.