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Rock Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Henry Walter, Allan Grigg & others

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 84 BPM
  • 2012
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Rock Me without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

Rock Me accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Ebsus4 – Ab – Fm loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 2
Ebsus4
RAb4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 4
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 6
Ebsus4
RAb4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5 Ab4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 8
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3

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 Rock Me

What are the letter notes for the Rock Me 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 Fm – Ebsus4 – Ab – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Rock Me?

The loop is Fm – Ebsus4 – Ab – Fm (vi – Vsus – I – vi) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Rock Me in?

Ab major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Rock Me?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Rock Me 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.