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That’s All Right: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Elvis Presley

  • Eb major
  • 2/2
  • 160 BPM
  • 1947
  • Easy
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Left hand Boom-chickRight hand Hide-and-seek chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 That’s All Right without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand hide-and-seek chords.

That’s All Right accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Ab7 – Bb7 – Eb7 loop with boom-chick in the left hand and hide-and-seek chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 G3+Bb3 Bb2 G3+Bb3
Bar 2
Ab7
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 C4+Eb4 Eb3 C4+Eb4
Bar 3
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 D4+F4 F3 D4+F4
Bar 4
Eb7
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G6 Eb6 Db6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb3 G3+Bb3 Bb2 G3+Bb3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 G3+Bb3 Bb2 G3+Bb3
Bar 6
Ab7
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 C4+Eb4 Eb3 C4+Eb4
Bar 7
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 D4+F4 F3 D4+F4
Bar 8
Eb7
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 G3+Bb3 Bb2 G3+Bb3

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 That’s All Right

What are the letter notes for the That’s All Right 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 Eb – Ab7 – Bb7 – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in That’s All Right?

The loop is Eb – Ab7 – Bb7 – Eb7 (I – IV7 – V7 – I7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is That’s All Right in?

Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in That’s All Right?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That’s All Right 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.