Piano chords · Bossa beach
Havana: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G minor
- 4/4
- 105 BPM
- 2017
- Medium
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 Havana without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
The main tune of Havana in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Havana accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Eb – D – Gm – Eb – D loop with bossa sway in the left hand and deep-breath 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 Havana
What are the letter notes for the Havana 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 Gm – Eb – D – Gm – Eb – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Havana?
The loop is Gm – Eb – D – Gm – Eb – D (i – VI – V – i – VI – V) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Havana in?
G minor, at about 105 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Havana?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Havana easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Havana?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.