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Beautician Blues: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by B.B. King & Jules Bihari
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- IV7–I7–V7–IV7 loop
- 1964
- Medium
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Beautician Blues written out as piano music: the IV7 – I7 – V7 – IV7 loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand jump-in chords.
Beautician Blues chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab 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 | Db7 | IV7 | Db F Ab Cb |
| 2 | Ab7 | I7 | Ab C Eb Gb |
| 3 | Eb7 | V7 | Eb G Bb Db |
| 4 | Db7 | IV7 | Db F Ab Cb |
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: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and jump-in chords in the right, over the Db7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Db7 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.
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Questions about Beautician Blues
Does the sheet music for Beautician Blues 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 Beautician Blues?
The loop is Db7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Db7 (IV7 – I7 – V7 – IV7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Beautician Blues in?
Ab major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Beautician Blues?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Beautician Blues 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.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.