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No Tengo Dinero: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Juan Gabriel

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Left hand Seesaw bassRight hand Swing pushChords 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 No Tengo Dinero without reading music. The left hand plays seesaw bass (root–fifth 1-5-1-5) and the right hand swing push.

No Tengo Dinero accompaniment in letter notes

The A – E7 – A – E7 loop with seesaw bass in the left hand and swing push in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RE4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A2 E3
Bar 2
E7
RB4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5
LE2 B2 E2 B2
Bar 3
A
RE4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A2 E3
Bar 4
E7
RB4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5 G4 G#4 B4 C#5 B4 G#4 G4 E4
LE2 B2 E2 B2
Bar 5
A
RE4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A2 E3
Bar 6
E7
RB4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5
LE2 B2 E2 B2
Bar 7
A
RE4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A2 E3
Bar 8
E7
RB4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5 B4+D5+E5+G#5
LE2 B2 E2 B2

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 No Tengo Dinero

What are the letter notes for the No Tengo Dinero 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 A – E7 – A – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in No Tengo Dinero?

The loop is A – E7 – A – E7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is No Tengo Dinero in?

A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in No Tengo Dinero?

Seesaw bass: root–fifth 1-5-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is No Tengo Dinero easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.