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The Music That Makes Me Dance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1963
- 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 The Music That Makes Me Dance without reading music. The left hand plays trampoline bounce (broken chord 8-12-5-12) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
The Music That Makes Me Dance accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – D7 – Dm – G7 loop with trampoline bounce in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 The Music That Makes Me Dance
What are the letter notes for the The Music That Makes Me Dance 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 A7 – D7 – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Music That Makes Me Dance?
The loop is A7 – D7 – Dm – G7 (VI7 – II7 – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.
What key is The Music That Makes Me Dance in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Music That Makes Me Dance?
Trampoline bounce: broken chord 8-12-5-12, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Music That Makes Me Dance 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.