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Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bob Bigelow
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 1924
- 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 Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand push chords.
Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and push 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 Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)
What are the letter notes for the Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) 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 Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)?
The loop is Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) 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.