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Don't Rock The Jukebox: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Alan Jackson

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Left hand Rock’n’roll rockerThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Don't Rock The Jukebox without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle), and the right hand sings the tune.

Don't Rock The Jukebox accompaniment in letter notes

The G – C – G – D loop with rock’n’roll rocker in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2+D3 G2+E3 G2+D3 G2+E3
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3+G3 C3+A3 C3+G3 C3+A3
Bar 3
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2+D3 G2+E3 G2+D3 G2+E3
Bar 4
D
RD4+F#4+A4 F5 F#5 A5 B5 A5 F#5 F5 D5
LD2+A2 D2+B2 D2+A2 D2+B2
Bar 5
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2+D3 G2+E3 G2+D3 G2+E3
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3+G3 C3+A3 C3+G3 C3+A3
Bar 7
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2+D3 G2+E3 G2+D3 G2+E3
Bar 8
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2+A2 D2+B2 D2+A2 D2+B2

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 Rock The Jukebox

What are the letter notes for the Don't Rock The Jukebox 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 G – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

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.