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La Tortura: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • A minor
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Stair stepsRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 La Tortura without reading music. The left hand plays stair steps (broken chord 1-3-5) and the right hand ticking clock.

La Tortura accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – G – C – D loop with stair steps in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LA2 C3 E3
Bar 2
G
RD5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
LG2 B2 D3
Bar 3
C
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LC3 E3 G3
Bar 4
D
RA4 A4 A4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LD2 F#2 A2
Bar 5
Am
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LA2 C3 E3
Bar 6
G
RD5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
LG2 B2 D3
Bar 7
C
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LC3 E3 G3
Bar 8
D
RA4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4
LD2 F#2 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 La Tortura

What are the letter notes for the La Tortura 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 Am – G – C – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in La Tortura?

The loop is Am – G – C – D (i – bVII – bIII – IV) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is La Tortura in?

A minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in La Tortura?

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

Is La Tortura 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.