Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 105 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- 1975
- 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 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way without reading music. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand steady chords.
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb loop with ping-pong bounce in the left hand and steady 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 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
What are the letter notes for the Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way 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 – Eb – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
The loop is Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb (I – IV – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.
What key is Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way in?
Bb major, at about 105 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way 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.