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Not The Boy Next Door: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1983
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Not The Boy Next Door written out as piano music: the Isus – I – bVI – bVII7 loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays galloping heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4) and the right hand swing push.
Not The Boy Next Door chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bbsus4 | Isus4 | Bb Eb F |
| 2 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
| 3 | Gb | bVI | Gb Bb Db |
| 4 | Ab7 | bVII7 | Ab C Eb Gb |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: galloping heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4) in the left hand and swing push in the right, over the Bbsus4 – Bb – Gb – Ab7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Not The Boy Next Door
Does the sheet music for Not The Boy Next Door have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Not The Boy Next Door?
The loop is Bbsus4 – Bb – Gb – Ab7 (Isus – I – bVI – bVII7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Not The Boy Next Door in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Not The Boy Next Door?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Not The Boy Next Door 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.