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We Won’t Be Shaken: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jason Roy, Jonathan Smith & others
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 79 BPM
- 2013
- Easy
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 We Won’t Be Shaken without reading music. The left hand plays hiccup heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
We Won’t Be Shaken accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Fsus4 – Bb – Eb loop with hiccup heartbeat in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 We Won’t Be Shaken
What are the letter notes for the We Won’t Be Shaken 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 Gm – Fsus4 – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in We Won’t Be Shaken?
The loop is Gm – Fsus4 – Bb – Eb (vi – Vsus – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Gm – Eb – Bb.
What key is We Won’t Be Shaken in?
Bb major, at about 79 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in We Won’t Be Shaken?
Hiccup heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is We Won’t Be Shaken 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.