The Stripper: piano accompaniment sheet music

By David Rose

F major
2/2
100 BPM
1961
Medium

Tuning the piano…

Learn it

The Stripper written out as piano music: the V7 – I – iv – I loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) and the right hand bossa chords.

The Stripper chord chart

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

Bar	Chord	Numeral	Notes
1	C7	V7	C E G Bb
2	F	I	F A C
3	Bbm	iv	Bb Db F
4	F	I	F A C

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: rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) in the left hand and bossa chords in the right, over the C7 – F – Bbm – F 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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The same left hand: Rock’n’roll rocker

About this pattern

Questions about The Stripper

Does the sheet music for The Stripper 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 The Stripper?

The loop is C7 – F – Bbm – F (V7 – I – iv – I) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.

What key is The Stripper in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in The Stripper?

Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Stripper 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.