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Six-Pack Summer: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Phil Vassar
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–vi–IV–V loop
- 1998
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Six-Pack Summer without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand hurrying chords.
Six-Pack Summer accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Am – F – G loop with island pulse in the left hand and hurrying 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 Six-Pack Summer
What are the letter notes for the Six-Pack Summer 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 – Am – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Six-Pack Summer?
The loop is C – Am – F – G (I – vi – IV – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Six-Pack Summer in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Six-Pack Summer?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Six-Pack Summer 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.