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Blue Suede Shoes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- 1955
- 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 Suede Shoes without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand gear-shift chords.
The repeating figure of Blue Suede Shoes 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.
Blue Suede Shoes accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C – C7 – Bb – D#dim – C7 loop with island pulse in the left hand and gear-shift 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 Blue Suede Shoes
What are the letter notes for the Blue Suede Shoes 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 – C – C7 – Bb – D#dim – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Blue Suede Shoes?
The loop is C – C – C7 – Bb – D#dim – C7 (I – I7 – bVII – biii° – I7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Blue Suede Shoes in?
C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Blue Suede Shoes?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Blue Suede Shoes easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Blue Suede Shoes?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure 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.