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Dindi: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Antonio Carlos Jobim

  • C major
  • 3/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 1965
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Skip-and-stroll chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Dindi without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand skip-and-stroll chords.

Dindi accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Bb – C – Gm loop with rolling waves in the left hand and skip-and-stroll chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 D4 F3
Bar 3
C
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 4
Gm
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 G4 Bb4 D5 G5 Bb5 D6 G6 Bb6
LG2 D3 Bb3 D3
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 D4 F3
Bar 7
C
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 8
Gm
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3 D3

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 Dindi

What are the letter notes for the Dindi 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 C – Bb – C – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Dindi?

The loop is C – Bb – C – Gm (I – bVII – I – v) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Dindi in?

C major, at about 112 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Dindi?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dindi 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.