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Spanish Flea: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- 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 Spanish Flea without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand wake-and-run chords.
Spanish Flea accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Bb – Am – D7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and wake-and-run 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 Spanish Flea
What are the letter notes for the Spanish Flea 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 – Bb – Am – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Spanish Flea?
The loop is C – Bb – Am – D7 (II – I – vii – III7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Spanish Flea in?
Bb major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Spanish Flea?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Spanish Flea 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.