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Let’s Hang On: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Bob Crewe, Denny Randell & others
- Ab major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- IV–I–IV–I loop
- 1965
- 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 Let’s Hang On without reading music. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand rocking thirds.
Let’s Hang On accompaniment in letter notes
The Db – Ab – Db – Ab loop with groovy roots in the left hand and rocking thirds 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 Let’s Hang On
What are the letter notes for the Let’s Hang On 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 Db – Ab – Db – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Let’s Hang On?
The loop is Db – Ab – Db – Ab (IV – I – IV – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Let’s Hang On in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Let’s Hang On?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Let’s Hang On 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.