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Scotch And Soda: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Kingston Trio
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- 1959
- Easy
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 Scotch And Soda without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.
Scotch And Soda accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Db7 – Eb – Gm loop with stride jumps in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right. 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 Scotch And Soda
What are the letter notes for the Scotch And Soda 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 Ab – Db7 – Eb – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Scotch And Soda?
The loop is Ab – Db7 – Eb – Gm (IV – bVII7 – I – iii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Scotch And Soda in?
Eb major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Scotch And Soda?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Scotch And Soda 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.