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Giddy Up Gideon: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Chad Bosarge
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2001
- Medium
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Giddy Up Gideon written out as piano music: the I – biio – ii – V loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays bounce-back seesaw (root–fifth 1-1-5-1) and the right hand running-late chords.
Giddy Up Gideon chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D 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 | D | I | D F# A |
| 2 | D#dim | bii° | D# F# A |
| 3 | Em | ii | E G B |
| 4 | A | V | A C# E |
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: bounce-back seesaw (root–fifth 1-1-5-1) in the left hand and running-late chords in the right, over the D – D#dim – Em – A 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.
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Questions about Giddy Up Gideon
Does the sheet music for Giddy Up Gideon 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 Giddy Up Gideon?
The loop is D – D#dim – Em – A (I – biio – ii – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Giddy Up Gideon in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Giddy Up Gideon?
Bounce-back seesaw: root–fifth 1-1-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Giddy Up Gideon 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.