Piano chords · Old-time stride
Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Traditional
- F major
- 2/4
- 120 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- Medium
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Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way written out as piano music: the V7 – I – V7 – I loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays ragtime bounce (boom-chick (2/4)) and the right hand marching chords.
Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F 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 | C7 | V7 | C E G Bb |
| 2 | F | I | F A C |
| 3 | C7 | V7 | C E G Bb |
| 4 | F | I | F A C |
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: ragtime bounce (boom-chick (2/4)) in the left hand and marching chords in the right, over the C7 – F – C7 – F 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.
Play next
The same V7–I–V7–I loop
Questions about Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way
Does the sheet music for Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way 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 Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way?
The loop is C7 – F – C7 – F (V7 – I – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way?
Ragtime bounce: boom-chick (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way 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.