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Grease: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Barry Gibb

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1978
  • Medium
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Left hand Push and landRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Grease written out as piano music: the vi – II – vi – iii loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

Grease chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BmviB D F#
2EIIE G# B
3BmviB D F#
4F#miiiF# A C#

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: push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right, over the Bm – E – Bm – F#m 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 Grease

Does the sheet music for Grease 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 Grease?

The loop is Bm – E – Bm – F#m (vi – II – vi – iii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Grease in?

D major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Grease?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Grease 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.