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Pretzel Logic: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen
- A minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1974
- Medium
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 Pretzel Logic without reading music. The left hand plays hammering bass (broken chord 8-8), and the right hand sings the tune.
Pretzel Logic accompaniment in letter notes
The D – E – C – D loop with hammering bass in the left hand. 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 Pretzel Logic
What are the letter notes for the Pretzel Logic 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 – E – C – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Pretzel Logic?
The loop is D – E – C – D (IV – V – bIII – IV) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Pretzel Logic in?
A minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Pretzel Logic?
Hammering bass: broken chord 8-8, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pretzel Logic 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.