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Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Jean Schwartz
- C major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 1999
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody written out as piano music: the I – V7 – VII7 – I loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C 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 | C | I | C E G |
| 2 | G7 | V7 | G B D F |
| 3 | B7 | VII7 | B D# F# A |
| 4 | C | I | C E G |
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: lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right, over the C – G7 – B7 – C 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 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
Does the sheet music for Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody 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 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody?
The loop is C – G7 – B7 – C (I – V7 – VII7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody in?
C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.