Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Hit Me With A Hot Note: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Duke Ellington & Don George
- C major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–vi–IV–V7 loop
- 1945
- 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 Hit Me With A Hot Note without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Hit Me With A Hot Note accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Am – F – G7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 Hit Me With A Hot Note
What are the letter notes for the Hit Me With A Hot Note 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 – Am – F – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hit Me With A Hot Note?
The loop is C – Am – F – G7 (I – vi – IV – V7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Hit Me With A Hot Note in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hit Me With A Hot Note?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hit Me With A Hot Note 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.