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I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Wake-and-run chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand wake-and-run chords.

The bass riff of I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA3+D4 D4 A4 A4 D4 A4
LD2 D2 D2 A1 B1 D2
Bar 2
D
RD4 D4 A4 A4 D4 A4 D4
LD2 D2 D2 A1 B1 D2
Bar 3
D
RA3+D4 D4 A4 A4 D4 A4
LD2 D2 D2 A1 B1 D2
Bar 4
D
RD4 D4 A4 A4 D4 F#4 A4
LD2 D2 D2 A1 B1 D2

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For accompaniment in letter notes

The Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 – D loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and wake-and-run chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 A6 F#6 D6 A5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

What are the letter notes for the I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 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 Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For?

The loop is Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 – D (Isus – I – Isus – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – Dsus4 – D.

What key is I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For in?

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

What does the left hand play in I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For?

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

Is I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 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.

Can I hear the real melody of I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.