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Uptown Funk: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Mark Ronson
- D minor
- 4/4
- 116 BPM
- 2014
- Medium
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 Uptown Funk without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand ticking clock.
The main tune of Uptown Funk 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.
Uptown Funk accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – G7 – Dm7 – Dm7 loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Uptown Funk
What are the letter notes for the Uptown Funk 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 G7 – G7 – Dm7 – Dm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Uptown Funk?
The loop is G7 – G7 – Dm7 – Dm7 (IV7 – i7 – IV7 – i7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Uptown Funk in?
D minor, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Uptown Funk?
Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Uptown Funk 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Uptown Funk?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.