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My Private Nation: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Pat Monahan & Brendan O’Brien

  • E major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2003
  • Medium
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Left hand Hurrying footstepsRight hand Double-skip 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 My Private Nation without reading music. The left hand plays hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand double-skip chords.

My Private Nation accompaniment in letter notes

The C#sus4 – F#m – C#sus4 – Adim loop with hurrying footsteps in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#sus4
RC#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4
LC#3 C#4 C#3 C#3 C#4 C#3
Bar 2
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 3
C#sus4
RC#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4
LC#3 C#4 C#3 C#3 C#4 C#3
Bar 4
Adim
RA3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 Eb5 E5
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2
Bar 5
C#sus4
RC#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4
LC#3 C#4 C#3 C#3 C#4 C#3
Bar 6
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 7
C#sus4
RC#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4 C#4+F#4+G#4
LC#3 C#4 C#3 C#3 C#4 C#3
Bar 8
Adim
RA3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3 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 My Private Nation

What are the letter notes for the My Private Nation 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 C#sus4 – F#m – C#sus4 – Adim, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in My Private Nation?

The loop is C#sus4 – F#m – C#sus4 – Adim (VIsus – ii – VIsus – ivo) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is My Private Nation in?

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

What does the left hand play in My Private Nation?

Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is My Private Nation 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.