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So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Byrds
- A major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- bVII–I–bVII–I loop
- 1966
- Easy
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 So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star without reading music. The left hand plays knock-knock footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4) and the right hand dawdling chords.
So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star accompaniment in letter notes
The G – A – G – A loop with knock-knock footsteps in the left hand and dawdling 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 So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star
What are the letter notes for the So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star 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 – A – G – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?
The loop is G – A – G – A (bVII – I – bVII – I) in A major, and the song ends on A – G – A.
What key is So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star in?
A major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?
Knock-knock footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star 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.