Piano chords · Old-time stride
A Night In Tunisia: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- D minor
- 4/4
- 155 BPM
- 1944
- Easy
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 A Night In Tunisia without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand offbeat skank.
A Night In Tunisia accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb7 – Dm – Eb7 – Dm loop with stride jumps in the left hand and offbeat skank 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 A Night In Tunisia
What are the letter notes for the A Night In Tunisia 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 Eb7 – Dm – Eb7 – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Night In Tunisia?
The loop is Eb7 – Dm – Eb7 – Dm (bII7 – i – bII7 – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is A Night In Tunisia in?
D minor, at about 155 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Night In Tunisia?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Night In Tunisia 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.