Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Good Times: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- ii–V7–ii–V7 loop
- 1979
- Medium
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 Good Times without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line) and the right hand pausing chords.
Good Times accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – A7 – Em – A7 loop with boogie walker 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 Good Times
What are the letter notes for the Good Times 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 Em – A7 – Em – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Good Times?
The loop is Em – A7 – Em – A7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Good Times in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Good Times?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Good Times 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.