Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
I Don't Dance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Lee Brice
- A minor
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- Easy
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 I Don't Dance without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand lingering chords.
I Don't Dance accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – F – C – G loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and lingering 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 I Don't Dance
What are the letter notes for the I Don't Dance 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 Am – F – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Don't Dance?
The loop is Am – F – C – G (i – VI – III – VII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is I Don't Dance in?
A minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Don't Dance?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Don't Dance easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.