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I Get A Kick Out Of You: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Frank Sinatra

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Left hand Hummingbird shiverRight hand Pop stabsChords the loop the song repeats most

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I Get A Kick Out Of You written out as piano music: the I – bVII – I – bVII loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays hummingbird shiver (two-note tremolo) and the right hand pop stabs.

I Get A Kick Out Of You chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1EbIEb G Bb
2DbbVIIDb F Ab
3EbIEb G Bb
4DbbVIIDb F Ab

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: hummingbird shiver (two-note tremolo) in the left hand and pop stabs in the right, over the Eb – Db – Eb – Db 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 I Get A Kick Out Of You

Does the sheet music for I Get A Kick Out Of You 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 I Get A Kick Out Of You?

The loop is Eb – Db – Eb – Db (I – bVII – I – bVII) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is I Get A Kick Out Of You in?

Eb major, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Get A Kick Out Of You?

Hummingbird shiver: two-note tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Get A Kick Out Of You easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky 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.