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The Avengers Theme: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Laurie Johnson

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 88 BPM
  • 1966
  • Medium
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Left hand Over-the-hillRight hand Pumping 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 The Avengers Theme without reading music. The left hand plays over-the-hill (broken chord 1-5-3-1) and the right hand pumping chords.

The Avengers Theme accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Bb – C – Am loop with over-the-hill in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E3 C3
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 F3 D3 Bb2
Bar 3
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E3 C3
Bar 4
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4 A4 C5 E5 A5 C6 E6 A6
LA2 E3 C3 A2
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E3 C3
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 F3 D3 Bb2
Bar 7
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E3 C3
Bar 8
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3 C3 A2

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 The Avengers Theme

What are the letter notes for the The Avengers Theme 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 – C – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Avengers Theme?

The loop is C – Bb – C – Am (I – bVII – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is The Avengers Theme in?

C major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Avengers Theme?

Over-the-hill: broken chord 1-5-3-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Avengers Theme 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.