Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Surfin’ U.S.A.: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- 1958
- Medium
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 Surfin’ U.S.A. without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll climb (broken chord 1-3-5-6) and the right hand pony-trot chords.
Surfin’ U.S.A. accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Ab – C – Eb loop with rock’n’roll climb in the left hand and pony-trot 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 Surfin’ U.S.A.
What are the letter notes for the Surfin’ U.S.A. 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 Bb – Ab – C – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Surfin’ U.S.A.?
The loop is Bb – Ab – C – Eb (V – IV – VI – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Surfin’ U.S.A. in?
Eb major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Surfin’ U.S.A.?
Rock’n’roll climb: broken chord 1-3-5-6, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Surfin’ U.S.A. 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.