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Ka-Lu-A: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jerome Kern
- C minor
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 2017
- 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 Ka-Lu-A without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand slow-down chords.
Ka-Lu-A accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C7 – F – F7 loop with island pulse in the left hand and slow-down 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 Ka-Lu-A
What are the letter notes for the Ka-Lu-A 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 – C7 – F – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ka-Lu-A?
The loop is C – C7 – F – F7 (I – I7 – IV – IV7) in C minor, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is Ka-Lu-A in?
C minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Ka-Lu-A?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ka-Lu-A 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.