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Hot Rod Lincoln: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Charlie Ryan

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Left hand Boogie climbThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Rod Lincoln without reading music. The left hand plays boogie climb (broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5), and the right hand sings the tune.

Hot Rod Lincoln accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – F – C loop with boogie climb in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 Ab2 A2 C3 C3 D3 C3
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 Eb3 E3 G3 G3 A3 G3
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 Ab2 A2 C3 C3 D3 C3
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 C3 Eb3 E3 G3 G3 A3 G3
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 Ab2 A2 C3 C3 D3 C3
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 Eb3 E3 G3 G3 A3 G3
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 Ab2 A2 C3 C3 D3 C3
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 Eb3 E3 G3 G3 A3 G3

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 Hot Rod Lincoln

What are the letter notes for the Hot Rod Lincoln 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 F – C – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hot Rod Lincoln?

The loop is F – C – F – C (I – V – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on F – C – F.

What key is Hot Rod Lincoln in?

F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Hot Rod Lincoln?

Boogie climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hot Rod Lincoln 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.