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Dance With Me Tonight: piano accompaniment sheet music

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Left hand Rock’n’roll climbRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

Dance With Me Tonight written out as piano music: the I – vi – IV – V loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rock’n’roll climb (broken chord 1-3-5-6) and the right hand ticking clock.

Dance With Me Tonight chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DID F# A
2BmviB D F#
3GIVG B D
4AVA C# E

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: rock’n’roll climb (broken chord 1-3-5-6) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the D – Bm – G – A 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 Dance With Me Tonight

Does the sheet music for Dance With Me Tonight 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 Dance With Me Tonight?

The loop is D – Bm – G – A (I – vi – IV – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Dance With Me Tonight in?

D major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Dance With Me Tonight?

Rock’n’roll climb: broken chord 1-3-5-6, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dance With Me Tonight 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.