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White Rabbit: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Grace Slick
- F# minor
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- I–bII–I–bII loop
- 1966
- Medium
White Rabbit written out as piano music: the I – bII – I – bII loop in F# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand late-knock chords.
White Rabbit chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F# minor. 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 | G | bII | G B D |
| 3 | F# | I | F# A# C# |
| 4 | G | bII | G B 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: hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right, over the F# – G – F# – G 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 White Rabbit
Does the sheet music for White Rabbit 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 White Rabbit?
The loop is F# – G – F# – G (I – bII – I – bII) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.
What key is White Rabbit in?
F# minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in White Rabbit?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is White Rabbit 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.