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Slaughter On Tenth Avenue: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Richard Rodgers

  • D minor
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Jazz walkRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Slaughter On Tenth Avenue without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

Slaughter On Tenth Avenue accompaniment in letter notes

The E7 – Gb7 – E7 – Gb7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E7
RE5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 F#2 G2 G#2
Bar 2
Gb7
RGb5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Ab2 Bbb2 Bb2
Bar 3
E7
RE5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 F#2 G2 G#2
Bar 4
Gb7
RGb5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5 Bbb4 Bb4 Db5 Eb5 Db5 Bb4 Bbb4 Gb4
LGb2 Ab2 Bbb2 Bb2
Bar 5
E7
RE5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 F#2 G2 G#2
Bar 6
Gb7
RGb5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Ab2 Bbb2 Bb2
Bar 7
E7
RE5 D4+G#4+B4 D4+G#4+B4
LE2 F#2 G2 G#2
Bar 8
Gb7
RGb5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5 Fb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Ab2 Bbb2 Bb2

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 Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

What are the letter notes for the Slaughter On Tenth Avenue 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 E7 – Gb7 – E7 – Gb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Slaughter On Tenth Avenue?

The loop is E7 – Gb7 – E7 – Gb7 (II7 – III7 – II7 – III7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is Slaughter On Tenth Avenue in?

D minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Slaughter On Tenth Avenue?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Slaughter On Tenth Avenue 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.