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Chop Suey!: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian
- G minor
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 2001
- Easy
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 Chop Suey! without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pop stabs.
Chop Suey! accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Adim – F – Eb loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and pop stabs 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 Chop Suey!
What are the letter notes for the Chop Suey! 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 Gm – Adim – F – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Chop Suey!?
The loop is Gm – Adim – F – Eb (i – iio – bVII – bVI) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Chop Suey! in?
G minor, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Chop Suey!?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Chop Suey! easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.