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I’m Movin’ On: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Phillip White & D. Vincent Williams

  • G major
  • 6/8
  • 75 BPM
  • 2000
  • Medium
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Left hand Sea-breeze rollRight hand Rowing-boat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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’m Movin’ On without reading music. The left hand plays sea-breeze roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10 (6/8)) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.

I’m Movin’ On accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Em – G – Csus4 loop with sea-breeze roll in the left hand and rowing-boat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 B3
Bar 2
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G3
Bar 3
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 B3
Bar 4
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4 F4 G4 C5 F5 G5 C6
LC3 G3 C4 F4
Bar 5
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 B3
Bar 6
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G3
Bar 7
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 G3 B3
Bar 8
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4 C4+F4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 F4

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’m Movin’ On

What are the letter notes for the I’m Movin’ On 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 G – Em – G – Csus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’m Movin’ On?

The loop is G – Em – G – Csus4 (I – vi – I – IVsus) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is I’m Movin’ On in?

G major, at about 75 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in I’m Movin’ On?

Sea-breeze roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’m Movin’ On 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.