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All Night Long: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1983
- Medium
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 Night Long without reading music. The left hand plays hurry-and-wait pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&) and the right hand double island chords.
The main tune of All Night Long 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 Night Long accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – G7 – G – C – G7 loop with hurry-and-wait pulse 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 Night Long
What are the letter notes for the All Night Long 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 G7 – G7 – G – C – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in All Night Long?
The loop is G7 – G7 – G – C – G7 (I7 – I – IV – I7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – F – G.
What key is All Night Long in?
G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in All Night Long?
Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is All Night Long easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of All Night Long?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.