Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Rock drive

Parallel Universe: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 124 BPM
  • 1999
  • Medium
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Style

Left hand Engine 8thsRight 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 Parallel Universe without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Parallel Universe accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Bb – Eb – Gsus4 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Gsus4
RG4 G4 G4 G4 C7 G6 D6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Cm
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Gsus4
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

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.

Play next

Questions about Parallel Universe

What are the letter notes for the Parallel Universe 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 Cm – Bb – Eb – Gsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Parallel Universe?

The loop is Cm – Bb – Eb – Gsus4 (i – bVII – bIII – Vsus) in C minor, and the song ends on Gsus4 – G – C.

What key is Parallel Universe in?

C minor, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Parallel Universe?

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

Is Parallel Universe 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.