Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Does Your Mother Know: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Phillip Keveren
- G major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- iv–I–iv–I loop
- Medium
Does Your Mother Know written out as piano music: the iv – I – iv – I loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rockabilly wiggle (broken chord 8-6-5-6) and the right hand pumping chords.
Does Your Mother Know chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in G 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 | Cm | iv | C Eb G |
| 2 | G | I | G B D |
| 3 | Cm | iv | C Eb G |
| 4 | G | I | G B 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: rockabilly wiggle (broken chord 8-6-5-6) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the Cm – G – Cm – G 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 Does Your Mother Know
Does the sheet music for Does Your Mother Know 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 Does Your Mother Know?
The loop is Cm – G – Cm – G (iv – I – iv – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.
What key is Does Your Mother Know in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Does Your Mother Know?
Rockabilly wiggle: broken chord 8-6-5-6, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Does Your Mother Know 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.