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Rock With You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Michael Jackson

  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1979
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Skipping-stone chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 With You without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand skipping-stone chords.

Rock With You accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – A – B7 – Em loop with open sky in the left hand and skipping-stone chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4
Bar 3
B7
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB2 F#3 D#4
Bar 4
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 E4 G4 B4 E5 G5 B5 E6 G6
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 5
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4
Bar 7
B7
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB2 F#3 D#4
Bar 8
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 G3

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 With You

What are the letter notes for the Rock With You 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 Em – A – B7 – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Rock With You?

The loop is Em – A – B7 – Em (iv – bVII – I7 – iv) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Rock With You in?

B minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Rock With You?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Rock With You 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.