Piano chords · Blues & boogie
I Hear You Knocking: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King
- C major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1955
- Medium
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 Hear You Knocking without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Hear You Knocking accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – C7 – F7 loop with rock’n’roll rocker in the left hand. 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 Hear You Knocking
What are the letter notes for the I Hear You Knocking 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 G7 – C – C7 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Hear You Knocking?
The loop is G7 – C – C7 – F7 (V7 – I – I7 – IV7) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.
What key is I Hear You Knocking in?
C major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Hear You Knocking?
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 I Hear You Knocking 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.