Piano chords · Rock drive
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Billy Joel
- C major
- 4/4
- 146 BPM
- 1980
- 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 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand tap-and-nudge.
The main tune of It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 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.
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Em – Cm7 – F – Am – G – C loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and tap-and-nudge 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 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
What are the letter notes for the It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 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 Cm – Em – Cm7 – F – Am – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in It's Still Rock And Roll To Me?
The loop is Cm – Em – Cm7 – F – Am – G – C (i – iii – i7 – IV – vi – V – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is It's Still Rock And Roll To Me in?
C major, at about 146 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It's Still Rock And Roll To Me?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It's Still Rock And Roll To Me easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of It's Still Rock And Roll To Me?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.