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No Sleep Till Brooklyn: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Beastie Boys

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 95 BPM
  • 1986
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 No Sleep Till Brooklyn without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.

No Sleep Till Brooklyn accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Gb – Eb – Gb loop with power fifths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4
Bar 2
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 4
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5 Bb6 Gb6 Db6 Bb5 Bbb5 Ab5 Abb5 Gb5
LGb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4
Bar 6
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 8
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb2+Db3 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4 Gb3+Db4

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 No Sleep Till Brooklyn

What are the letter notes for the No Sleep Till Brooklyn 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 Bb – Gb – Eb – Gb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in No Sleep Till Brooklyn?

The loop is Bb – Gb – Eb – Gb (V5 – bIII5 – I5 – bIII5) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is No Sleep Till Brooklyn in?

Eb major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in No Sleep Till Brooklyn?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is No Sleep Till Brooklyn 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.