Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Great Balls Of Fire: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1957
- 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 Great Balls Of Fire without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) and the right hand mouse-run chords.
The main tune of Great Balls Of Fire in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Great Balls Of Fire accompaniment in letter notes
The C – F7 – G – Cm – F7 – F7 – C loop with rock’n’roll rocker in the left hand and mouse-run 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 Great Balls Of Fire
What are the letter notes for the Great Balls Of Fire 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 – F7 – G – Cm – F7 – F7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Great Balls Of Fire?
The loop is C – F7 – G – Cm – F7 – F7 – C (I – IV7 – V – i – IV7 – I – IV7) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is Great Balls Of Fire in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Great Balls Of Fire?
Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Great Balls Of Fire easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Great Balls Of Fire?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.