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Burnin’ Up: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jonas Brothers

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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Swinging bellChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Burnin’ Up without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand swinging bell.

Burnin’ Up accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – D – A – G loop with bossa sway in the left hand and swinging bell in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RA3+B3+F#4 D4 B3 D4 B3 D4 B3 D4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 2
D
RC#4+D4+A4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
A
RG#3+A3+E4 C#4 A3 C#4 A3 C#4 A3 C#4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
G
RF#4+G4+D5 B4 G4 B4 E6 D6 C#6 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Bm
RA3+B3+F#4 D4 B3 D4 B3 D4 B3 D4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 6
D
RC#4+D4+A4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
A
RG#3+A3+E4 C#4 A3 C#4 A3 C#4 A3 C#4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
G
RF#4+G4+D5 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4
LG2 G2 G2 G2

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 Burnin’ Up

What are the letter notes for the Burnin’ Up 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 Bm – D – A – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Burnin’ Up?

The loop is Bm – D – A – G (i – bIII – bVII – bVI) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Burnin’ Up in?

B minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Burnin’ Up?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Burnin’ Up 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.