God Save The Queen: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sex Pistols

C major
4/4
144 BPM
1977
Medium

Tuning the piano…

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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 God Save The Queen without reading music. The left hand plays gear-shift pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand pumping chords.

God Save The Queen accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – D loop with gear-shift pulse in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
ARE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2

Bar 2
DRA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2

Bar 3
ARE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2

Bar 4
DRA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2

Bar 5
ARE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2

Bar 6
DRA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2

Bar 7
ARE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2

Bar 8
DRA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2

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.

Play next

The same left hand: Gear-shift pulse

About this pattern

Questions about God Save The Queen

What are the letter notes for the God Save The Queen 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 A – D – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in God Save The Queen?

The loop is A – D – A – D (VI – II – VI – II) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is God Save The Queen in?

C major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in God Save The Queen?

Gear-shift pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is God Save The Queen 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.