Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Danny’s All-Star Joint: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Rickie Lee Jones
- E major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1978
- Medium
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Danny’s All-Star Joint written out as piano music: the I – bVI – VII – I loop in E major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays boogie climb (broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Danny’s All-Star Joint chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in E 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 | E | I | E G# B |
| 2 | C | bVI | C E G |
| 3 | D# | VII | D# F## A# |
| 4 | E | I | E G# B |
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: boogie climb (broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the E – C – D# – E 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 Danny’s All-Star Joint
Does the sheet music for Danny’s All-Star Joint 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 Danny’s All-Star Joint?
The loop is E – C – D# – E (I – bVI – VII – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Danny’s All-Star Joint in?
E major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Danny’s All-Star Joint?
Boogie climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Danny’s All-Star Joint 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.