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Whole Lot Of Leavin’: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jon Bon Jovi & John Shanks

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Hand-clap chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Whole Lot Of Leavin’ without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand hand-clap chords.

Whole Lot Of Leavin’ accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and hand-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Gsus4
RC5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Gsus4
RC5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5 G6 D6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Gsus4
RC5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Gsus4
RC5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

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 Whole Lot Of Leavin’

What are the letter notes for the Whole Lot Of Leavin’ 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 G – Gsus4 – G – Gsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Whole Lot Of Leavin’?

The loop is G – Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in G major, and the song ends on G – Gsus4 – G.

What key is Whole Lot Of Leavin’ in?

G major, at about 107 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Whole Lot Of Leavin’?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Whole Lot Of Leavin’ 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.