Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Ain't That A Kick In The Head: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Dean Martin
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1961
- Medium
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 Ain't That A Kick In The Head without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line) and the right hand soft chords.
Ain't That A Kick In The Head accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – F#dim – Fm – F#dim loop with boogie walker in the left hand and soft 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 Ain't That A Kick In The Head
What are the letter notes for the Ain't That A Kick In The Head 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 Eb – F#dim – Fm – F#dim, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ain't That A Kick In The Head?
The loop is Eb – F#dim – Fm – F#dim (I – biiio – ii – biiio) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Ain't That A Kick In The Head in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ain't That A Kick In The Head?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ain't That A Kick In The Head 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.