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You Do Your Thing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Montgomery Gentry

  • C major
  • 2/2
  • 130 BPM
  • 2004
  • Easy
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Left hand Gentle rockingRight hand Offbeat skankChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You Do Your Thing without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand offbeat skank.

You Do Your Thing accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – C – D – G loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 F3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 3
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 D3 A2
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG2 D3 G3 D3
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 F3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 7
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 D3 A2
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 G3 D3

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 You Do Your Thing

What are the letter notes for the You Do Your Thing 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 Bb – C – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You Do Your Thing?

The loop is Bb – C – D – G (bVII – I – II5 – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is You Do Your Thing in?

C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in You Do Your Thing?

Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Do Your Thing 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.