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Good Time: piano accompaniment sheet music

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Good Time written out as piano music: the IV – I – V – vi loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

Good Time chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1AbIVAb C Eb
2EbIEb G Bb
3BbVBb D F
4CmviC Eb G

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: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the Ab – Eb – Bb – Cm 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 Good Time

Does the sheet music for Good Time 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 Good Time?

The loop is Ab – Eb – Bb – Cm (IV – I – V – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Good Time in?

Eb major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Good Time?

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

Is Good Time 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.