Piano chords · Rock drive
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by William Berry, Peter Buck & others
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- V–IV–V–I loop
- 1988
- 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 What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pop stabs.
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? accompaniment in letter notes
The A – G – A – D loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and pop stabs 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 What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
What are the letter notes for the What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? 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 A – G – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What’s The Frequency, Kenneth??
The loop is A – G – A – D (V – IV – V – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What’s The Frequency, Kenneth??
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? 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.