Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Honkytonk U: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Toby Keith
- C major
- 4/4
- 116 BPM
- 2005
- 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 Honkytonk U without reading music. The left hand plays seesaw bass (root–fifth 1-5-1-5) and the right hand pumping chords.
Honkytonk U accompaniment in letter notes
The D – C – G – D loop with seesaw bass in the left hand and pumping 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 Honkytonk U
What are the letter notes for the Honkytonk U 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 D – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Honkytonk U?
The loop is D – C – G – D (II5 – I – V – II5) in C major, and the song ends on Bb – F – C.
What key is Honkytonk U in?
C major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Honkytonk U?
Seesaw bass: root–fifth 1-5-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Honkytonk U 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.