Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How Do You Keep The Music Playing?: piano accompaniment sheet music
By James Ingram
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- ii–V7–I–vi loop
- 1982
- Medium
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How Do You Keep The Music Playing? written out as piano music: the ii – V7 – I – vi loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand pausing chords.
How Do You Keep The Music Playing? chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cm | ii | C Eb G |
| 2 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
| 3 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
| 4 | Gm | vi | G Bb D |
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: rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) in the left hand and pausing chords in the right, over the Cm – F7 – Bb – Gm 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 How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
Does the sheet music for How Do You Keep The Music Playing? 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 How Do You Keep The Music Playing??
The loop is Cm – F7 – Bb – Gm (ii – V7 – I – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.
What key is How Do You Keep The Music Playing? in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Do You Keep The Music Playing??
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Do You Keep The Music Playing? 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.