Piano chords · Rock drive
Keep On Running: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Stevie Wonder
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I7–IV7–I7–IV7 loop
- 1972
- 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 Keep On Running without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.
Keep On Running accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab7 – Db7 – Ab7 – Db7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Keep On Running
What are the letter notes for the Keep On Running 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 Ab7 – Db7 – Ab7 – Db7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Keep On Running?
The loop is Ab7 – Db7 – Ab7 – Db7 (I7 – IV7 – I7 – IV7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Keep On Running in?
Ab major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Keep On Running?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Keep On Running 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.