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Blue Monday: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Antoine “Fats” Domino & Dave Bartholomew
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–I7–IV7–I loop
- 1957
- 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 Blue Monday without reading music. The left hand plays chugging-train pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
Blue Monday accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C7 – F7 – C loop with chugging-train pulse in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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.
Play next
The same I–I7–IV7–I loop
The same left hand: Chugging-train pulse
Questions about Blue Monday
What are the letter notes for the Blue Monday 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 C – C7 – F7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Blue Monday?
The loop is C – C7 – F7 – C (I – I7 – IV7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Blue Monday in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Blue Monday?
Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Blue Monday 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.