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Que Lio: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Hector Lavoe

  • F minor
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1968
  • Medium
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Left hand Groovy rootsRight hand Pumping 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 Que Lio without reading music. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

Que Lio accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Db – Gb – Fm loop with groovy roots in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 3
Gb
RDb5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 4
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 7
Gb
RDb5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5 Db5+Gb5+Bb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 8
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 Que Lio

What are the letter notes for the Que Lio 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 Fm – Db – Gb – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Que Lio?

The loop is Fm – Db – Gb – Fm (i – bVI – bII – i) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is Que Lio in?

F minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Que Lio?

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

Is Que Lio 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.