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La Oaxaqueña: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Luiz Pérez Cedrón

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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 La Oaxaqueña without reading music. The left hand plays stair steps (broken chord 1-3-5) and the right hand pumping chords.

La Oaxaqueña accompaniment in letter notes

The D – A7 – D – A7 loop with stair steps in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 2
A7
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 C#3 E3
Bar 3
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 4
A7
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LA2 C#3 E3
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 6
A7
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 C#3 E3
Bar 7
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 8
A7
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 C#3 E3

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 La Oaxaqueña

What are the letter notes for the La Oaxaqueña 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 – A7 – D – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in La Oaxaqueña?

The loop is D – A7 – D – A7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in D major, and the song ends on D – A7 – D.

What key is La Oaxaqueña in?

D major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in La Oaxaqueña?

Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is La Oaxaqueña 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.