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Going To A Go-Go: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by William “Smokey” Robinson, Marvin Tarplin & others
- C major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- I–I7–I–I7 loop
- 1965
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Going To A Go-Go without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pausing chords.
Going To A Go-Go accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C7 – C – C7 loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and pausing 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 Going To A Go-Go
What are the letter notes for the Going To A Go-Go 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 C – C7 – C – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Going To A Go-Go?
The loop is C – C7 – C – C7 (I – I7 – I – I7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Going To A Go-Go in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Going To A Go-Go?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Going To A Go-Go 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.