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Too Busy Thinking About My Baby: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield & others
- F major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–ii–I–ii loop
- 1966
- Medium
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Too Busy Thinking About My Baby written out as piano music: the I – ii – I – ii loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 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 | F | I | F A C |
| 2 | Gm | ii | G Bb D |
| 3 | F | I | F A C |
| 4 | Gm | ii | G Bb D |
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: groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the F – Gm – F – Gm 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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Questions about Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
Does the sheet music for Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 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 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?
The loop is F – Gm – F – Gm (I – ii – I – ii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Too Busy Thinking About My Baby in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 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.