Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Do Your Own Thing: piano accompaniment sheet music
- A minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- i–V–i–V loop
- 2006
- Medium
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Do Your Own Thing written out as piano music: the i – V – i – V loop in A minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand sparkler.
Do Your Own Thing chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in A minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Am | i | A C E |
| 2 | E | V | E G# B |
| 3 | Am | i | A C E |
| 4 | E | V | 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: ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) in the left hand and sparkler in the right, over the Am – E – Am – 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 Do Your Own Thing
Does the sheet music for Do Your Own Thing 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 Do Your Own Thing?
The loop is Am – E – Am – E (i – V – i – V) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Do Your Own Thing in?
A minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Do Your Own Thing?
Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Do Your Own Thing 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.