Piano chords · Old-time stride
Another One Bites The Dust: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Queen
- E minor
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1980
- Easy
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 Another One Bites The Dust without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand pausing chords.
The opening of Another One Bites The Dust 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.
Another One Bites The Dust accompaniment in letter notes
The Em7 – Em – D – Em7 – Em – A7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and pausing 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 Another One Bites The Dust
What are the letter notes for the Another One Bites The Dust 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 Em7 – Em – D – Em7 – Em – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Another One Bites The Dust?
The loop is Em7 – Em – D – Em7 – Em – A7 (i7 – i – VII – i7 – i – IV7) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Another One Bites The Dust in?
E minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Another One Bites The Dust?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Another One Bites The Dust easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Another One Bites The Dust?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the opening 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.