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Slap That Bass: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1936
- Easy
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 Slap That Bass without reading music. The left hand plays marching giant (lh triads) and the right hand skip-and-stroll chords.
Slap That Bass accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab7 – Cb7 – Ab7 – F7 loop with marching giant in the left hand and skip-and-stroll 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 Slap That Bass
What are the letter notes for the Slap That Bass 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 Ab7 – Cb7 – Ab7 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Slap That Bass?
The loop is Ab7 – Cb7 – Ab7 – F7 (IV7 – bVI7 – IV7 – II7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Slap That Bass in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Slap That Bass?
Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Slap That Bass 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.