Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Edward King, Ronnie Van Zant & others
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–bVII–IV–I loop
- 1975
- Tricky
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 Whiskey Rock-A-Roller without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand trotting-sleigh chords.
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller accompaniment in letter notes
The D – C – G – D loop with jazz walk in the left hand and trotting-sleigh 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 Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
What are the letter notes for the Whiskey Rock-A-Roller 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 D – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Whiskey Rock-A-Roller?
The loop is D – C – G – D (I – bVII – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – G – D.
What key is Whiskey Rock-A-Roller in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Whiskey Rock-A-Roller?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Whiskey Rock-A-Roller easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.