Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Dennis The Menace: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By William Loose
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- I–IV–I–V7 loop
- 1959
- Easy
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 Dennis The Menace without reading music. The left hand plays bluesy shrug (broken chord 8-5-7) and the right hand steady chords.
Dennis The Menace accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Db – Ab – Eb7 loop with bluesy shrug in the left hand and steady 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 Dennis The Menace
What are the letter notes for the Dennis The Menace 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 Ab – Db – Ab – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Dennis The Menace?
The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Eb7 (I – IV – I – V7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Bbm – Eb7 – Ab.
What key is Dennis The Menace in?
Ab major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Dennis The Menace?
Bluesy shrug: broken chord 8-5-7, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Dennis The Menace easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.