Piano chords · Old-time stride
El Perdón: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Juan Medina Vélez, Cristhian Camilo Mena Moreno & others
- Ab major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- vi–IV–I–V loop
- 2017
- 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 El Perdón without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand slipping taps.
El Perdón accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – Db – Ab – Eb loop with oom-pah in the left hand and slipping taps 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 El Perdón
What are the letter notes for the El Perdón 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 Fm – Db – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in El Perdón?
The loop is Fm – Db – Ab – Eb (vi – IV – I – V) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is El Perdón in?
Ab major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in El Perdón?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is El Perdón 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.