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Shake Your Booty: piano accompaniment sheet music
By KC & The Sunshine Band
- C minor
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- i–IV7–i–IV7 loop
- 1976
- Easy
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Shake Your Booty written out as piano music: the i – IV7 – i – IV7 loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays leapfrog pulse (root bass · 1 · 2a · 3) and the right hand tiptoe chords.
Shake Your Booty chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 2 | F7 | IV7 | F A C Eb |
| 3 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 4 | F7 | IV7 | F A C Eb |
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: leapfrog pulse (root bass · 1 · 2a · 3) in the left hand and tiptoe chords in the right, over the Cm – F7 – Cm – F7 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 Shake Your Booty
Does the sheet music for Shake Your Booty 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 Shake Your Booty?
The loop is Cm – F7 – Cm – F7 (i – IV7 – i – IV7) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Shake Your Booty in?
C minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Shake Your Booty?
Leapfrog pulse: root bass · 1 · 2a · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Shake Your Booty 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.