Piano chords · Rock drive
Hot In The City: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Billy Idol
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–vi–I–vi loop
- 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 Hot In The City without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
Hot In The City accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Am – C – Am loop with heartbeat octaves 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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The same I–vi–I–vi loop
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about Hot In The City
What are the letter notes for the Hot In The City 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 – C – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hot In The City?
The loop is C – Am – C – Am (I – vi – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on C – Am – C.
What key is Hot In The City in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hot In The City?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hot In The City 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.