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Pinball Wizard: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Somersault 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 Pinball Wizard without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand somersault chords.

Pinball Wizard accompaniment in letter notes

The Bsus4 – B – Bsus4 – B loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and somersault chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bsus4
RF#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 2
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
Bsus4
RF#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 4
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 B6 F#6 D#6 B5 G#5 G5 F#5 E#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 5
Bsus4
RF#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 6
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
Bsus4
RF#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5 F#4+B4+E5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 8
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 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 Pinball Wizard

What are the letter notes for the Pinball Wizard 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 Bsus4 – B – Bsus4 – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Pinball Wizard?

The loop is Bsus4 – B – Bsus4 – B (Isus – I – Isus – I) in B major, and the song ends on B – Bsus4 – B.

What key is Pinball Wizard in?

B major, at about 134 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Pinball Wizard?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Pinball Wizard 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.