Piano chords · Rock drive
Steady As We Go: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- Medium
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 Steady As We Go without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand clockwork chords.
Steady As We Go accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Ebsus4 – Eb – Ebsus4 loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and clockwork 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 Steady As We Go
What are the letter notes for the Steady As We Go 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 Ab – Ebsus4 – Eb – Ebsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Steady As We Go?
The loop is Ab – Ebsus4 – Eb – Ebsus4 (bVII – IVsus – IV – IVsus) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Steady As We Go in?
Bb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Steady As We Go?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Steady As We Go 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.