Piano chords · Rock drive
The Show Must Go On: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Queen
- B minor
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 1991
- Medium
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 Show Must Go On without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand pumping chords.
The intro of The Show Must Go On in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
The Show Must Go On accompaniment in letter notes
The Bsus4 – Bm – G – Em – G – Em7 – Em loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and pumping 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 The Show Must Go On
What are the letter notes for the The Show Must Go On 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 Bsus4 – Bm – G – Em – G – Em7 – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Show Must Go On?
The loop is Bsus4 – Bm – G – Em – G – Em7 – Em (Isus4 – i – VI – iv – VI – iv7 – iv) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is The Show Must Go On in?
B minor, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Show Must Go On?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Show Must Go On easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of The Show Must Go On?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.