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Don’t Stop: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by busbee, Steve Robson & others

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 150 BPM
  • 2014
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Drip-drop slideChords 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 Stop without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand drip-drop slide.

Don’t Stop accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Ab – Bb – Ab loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and drip-drop slide in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb5 Eb5 Eb5 Eb5 Db5 Db5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Ab
RAb5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Gb5 Gb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb4 Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Ab4 Ab4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Ab
RAb5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Eb
REb5 Eb5 Eb5 Eb5 Db5 Db5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Ab
RAb5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Gb5 Gb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb4 Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Ab4 Ab4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Ab
RAb5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Gb5 Gb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 Stop

What are the letter notes for the Don’t Stop 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 Eb – Ab – Bb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Don’t Stop?

The loop is Eb – Ab – Bb – Ab (I5 – IV5 – V5 – IV5) in Eb major, and the song ends on Bbsus4 – Bb – Eb.

What key is Don’t Stop in?

Eb major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don’t Stop?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don’t Stop 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.