Piano chords · Old-time stride
Just A Gigolo: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Julius Brammer
- G major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V–I–V loop
- 1929
- 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 Just A Gigolo without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand slow-down chords.
Just A Gigolo accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D – G – D loop with stride jumps in the left hand and slow-down 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.
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Questions about Just A Gigolo
What are the letter notes for the Just A Gigolo 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 – D – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Just A Gigolo?
The loop is G – D – G – D (I – V – I – V) in G major, and the song ends on G – Gsus4 – G.
What key is Just A Gigolo in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Just A Gigolo?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Just A Gigolo 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.