Piano chords · Old-time stride
Give Me That Old Time Religion: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Traditional
- G major
- 4/4
- 144 BPM
- I–V7–I–I7 loop
- 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 Give Me That Old Time Religion without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand soft chords.
Give Me That Old Time Religion accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D7 – G – G7 loop with boom-chick in the left hand and soft 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 Give Me That Old Time Religion
What are the letter notes for the Give Me That Old Time Religion 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 – D7 – G – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Give Me That Old Time Religion?
The loop is G – D7 – G – G7 (I – V7 – I – I7) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.
What key is Give Me That Old Time Religion in?
G major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Give Me That Old Time Religion?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Give Me That Old Time Religion 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.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.