Chunky: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence & others

Eb major
3/4
100 BPM
2016
Medium

Tuning the piano…

Learn it

Chunky written out as piano music: the ii – iii – ii – iii loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand running-late chords.

Chunky chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb 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	Fm	ii	F Ab C
2	Gm	iii	G Bb D
3	Fm	ii	F Ab C
4	Gm	iii	G Bb D

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: walking roots (root bass · quarters) in the left hand and running-late chords in the right, over the Fm – Gm – Fm – Gm 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.

Play next

The same left hand: Walking roots

About this pattern

Questions about Chunky

Does the sheet music for Chunky 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 Chunky?

The loop is Fm – Gm – Fm – Gm (ii – iii – ii – iii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Chunky in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Chunky?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Chunky 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.