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The Devil’s Right Hand: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Steve Earle
- G major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–Isus–I–Isus loop
- 1978
- 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 The Devil’s Right Hand without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand pausing chords.
The Devil’s Right Hand accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand and pausing 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 The Devil’s Right Hand
What are the letter notes for the The Devil’s Right Hand 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 G – Gsus4 – G – Gsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Devil’s Right Hand?
The loop is G – Gsus4 – G – Gsus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in G major, and the song ends on G – D – G.
What key is The Devil’s Right Hand in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Devil’s Right Hand?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Devil’s Right Hand 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.