Piano chords · Rock drive
I Don't Like Mondays: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Boomtown Rats
- B major
- 4/4
- 144 BPM
- 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 I Don't Like Mondays without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand hurrying chords.
The repeating figure of I Don't Like Mondays 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.
I Don't Like Mondays accompaniment in letter notes
The E – E – E – F# loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and hurrying 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about I Don't Like Mondays
What are the letter notes for the I Don't Like Mondays 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 E – E – E – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Don't Like Mondays?
The loop is E – E – E – F# (IV – V – IV – V) in B major, and the song ends on E – F# – B.
What key is I Don't Like Mondays in?
B major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Don't Like Mondays?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Don't Like Mondays 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.
Can I hear the real melody of I Don't Like Mondays?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.