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Ah-Ha: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Pentatonix
- D# minor
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- iv–i–iv–i loop
- 2009
- Medium
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 Ah-Ha without reading music. The left hand plays marching giant (lh triads) and the right hand pumping chords.
Ah-Ha accompaniment in letter notes
The G#m – D#m – G#m – D#m loop with marching giant in the left hand and pumping 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 Ah-Ha
What are the letter notes for the Ah-Ha 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#m – D#m – G#m – D#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ah-Ha?
The loop is G#m – D#m – G#m – D#m (iv – i – iv – i) in D# minor, and the song ends on B – C# – D#m.
What key is Ah-Ha in?
D# minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ah-Ha?
Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ah-Ha 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.