Piano chords · Blues & boogie

How to play Don't Rock The Jukebox on piano

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Learn Don't Rock The Jukebox in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

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Chords: G – C – G – D
Don't Rock The Jukebox sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
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- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
144 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Rock’n’roll rocker
The left hand rocks between two shapes, straight out of the 1950s. Musicians call it rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle (boogie & shuffle), a medium pattern heard in 262 songs of the library.
Rock’n’roll rockerBoogie & shuffle · Blues and boogie-woogieLeft handMedium
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Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 126 BPM
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
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Ending: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in Don't Rock The Jukebox?

The loop is G – C – G – D (I – IV – I – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Don't Rock The Jukebox in?

G major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don't Rock The Jukebox?

Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don't Rock The Jukebox 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.