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Ruby Tuesday: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
- C major
- 4/4
- 107 BPM
- V–I–V–I loop
- 1967
- Medium
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 Ruby Tuesday without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand knock-knock chords.
Ruby Tuesday accompaniment in letter notes
The G – C – G – C loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand and knock-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Ruby Tuesday
What are the letter notes for the Ruby Tuesday 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 G – C – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ruby Tuesday?
The loop is G – C – G – C (V – I – V – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Ruby Tuesday in?
C major, at about 107 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ruby Tuesday?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ruby Tuesday 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.