Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1942
- Easy
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 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand push chords.
The intro of Don’t Get Around Much Anymore in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore accompaniment in letter notes
The D7 – G7 – C – C loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and push 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 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
What are the letter notes for the Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 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 D7 – G7 – C – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Don’t Get Around Much Anymore?
The loop is D7 – G7 – C – C (II7 – V7 – I – II7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Don’t Get Around Much Anymore in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Don’t Get Around Much Anymore?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Don’t Get Around Much Anymore?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.