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Cumaná: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Harold Spina

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Left hand Ping-pong bounceRight hand Pumping chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Cumaná without reading music. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand pumping chords.

Cumaná accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Fm – Cm – Fm loop with ping-pong bounce in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC4 G3 C4 G3
Bar 2
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF3 C3 F3 C3
Bar 3
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC4 G3 C4 G3
Bar 4
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 F4 Ab4 C5 F5 Ab5 C6 F6 Ab6
LF3 C3 F3 C3
Bar 5
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC4 G3 C4 G3
Bar 6
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF3 C3 F3 C3
Bar 7
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC4 G3 C4 G3
Bar 8
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF3 C3 F3 C3

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 Cumaná

What are the letter notes for the Cumaná 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 Cm – Fm – Cm – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Cumaná?

The loop is Cm – Fm – Cm – Fm (i – iv – i – iv) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Cumaná in?

C minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Cumaná?

Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Cumaná 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.