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Doin' What She Likes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Blake Shelton

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Bouncy-ball chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Doin' What She Likes without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.

Doin' What She Likes accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – F – Eb – F loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and bouncy-ball chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 5
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3

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 Doin' What She Likes

What are the letter notes for the Doin' What She Likes 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 Bb – F – Eb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Doin' What She Likes?

The loop is Bb – F – Eb – F (I – V – IV – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Doin' What She Likes in?

Bb major, at about 150 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Doin' What She Likes?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Doin' What She Likes 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.