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Hurricane: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bridgit Mendler

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Left hand Double-skip footstepsRight hand Zigzag chordsChords 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 Hurricane without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand zigzag chords.

Hurricane accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Gm – Dm – F loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand and zigzag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3 F2
Bar 2
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2
Bar 3
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3 F2
Bar 5
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3 F2
Bar 6
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2
Bar 7
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3 F2

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 Hurricane

What are the letter notes for the Hurricane 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 – Gm – Dm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hurricane?

The loop is F – Gm – Dm – F (I – ii – vi – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Hurricane in?

F major, at about 94 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hurricane?

Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hurricane 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.