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Spineless: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Alanis Morissette

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2002
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Freeze-tag chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Spineless without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

Spineless accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Gb – Gbm – Ab loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 3
Gbm
RBbb4+Db5+Gb5 Bbb4+Db5+Gb5 Bbb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 4
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 7
Gbm
RBbb4+Db5+Gb5 Bbb4+Db5+Gb5 Bbb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 8
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 Spineless

What are the letter notes for the Spineless 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 – Gb – Gbm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Spineless?

The loop is Ab – Gb – Gbm – Ab (I – bVII – bvii – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Spineless in?

Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Spineless?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Spineless 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.