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Land Of Confusion: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & others

  • F# major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1986
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Land Of Confusion without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand ticking clock.

Land Of Confusion accompaniment in letter notes

The D#m – B – C# – A#m loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D#m
RD#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4
LD#2 D#2 D#2
Bar 2
B
RB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 3
C#
RC#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4
LC#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 4
A#m
RA#3 A#3 A#3 A#3 C#4 D#4 E#4 F#4 G#4 A#4 B4 C#5
LA#2 A#2 A#2
Bar 5
D#m
RD#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4 D#4
LD#2 D#2 D#2
Bar 6
B
RB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 7
C#
RC#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4 C#4
LC#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 8
A#m
RA#3 A#3 A#3 A#3 A#3 A#3 A#3 A#3
LA#2 A#2 A#2

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.

Questions about Land Of Confusion

What are the letter notes for the Land Of Confusion 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 D#m – B – C# – A#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Land Of Confusion?

The loop is D#m – B – C# – A#m (vi – IV – V – iii) in F# major, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.

What key is Land Of Confusion in?

F# major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Land Of Confusion?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Land Of Confusion 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.