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Race With The Devil: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • F major
  • 2/2
  • 160 BPM
  • 1956
  • Easy
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Left hand Freeze-tag footstepsRight hand Knock-knock 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 Race With The Devil without reading music. The left hand plays freeze-tag footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&) and the right hand knock-knock chords.

Race With The Devil accompaniment in letter notes

The C – F – F7 – Fdim loop with freeze-tag footsteps in the left hand and knock-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+B4 G4+B4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 2
F
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+E5 C5+E5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 3
F7
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Fdim
RCb4+F5 Cb4+F5 Cb4+D5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+B4 G4+B4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 6
F
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+E5 C5+E5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 7
F7
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Fdim
RCb4+F5 Cb4+F5 Cb4+D5 Cb4+D5
LF2 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 Race With The Devil

What are the letter notes for the Race With The Devil 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 C – F – F7 – Fdim, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Race With The Devil?

The loop is C – F – F7 – Fdim (V – I – I7 – io) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Race With The Devil in?

F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Race With The Devil?

Freeze-tag footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Race With The Devil 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.