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Spinning Around: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Kylie Minogue

  • F# minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Skipping-stone chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

Spinning Around written out as piano music: the I7 – bVI – bVII – I7 loop in F# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand skipping-stone chords.

Spinning Around chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in F# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1F#7I7F# A# C# E
2DVID F# A
3EVIIE G# B
4F#7I7F# A# C# E

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: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and skipping-stone chords in the right, over the F#7 – D – E – F#7 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 Spinning Around

Does the sheet music for Spinning Around 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 Spinning Around?

The loop is F#7 – D – E – F#7 (I7 – bVI – bVII – I7) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is Spinning Around in?

F# minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Spinning Around?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Spinning Around 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.