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Private Investigations: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Dire Straits
- G major
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- 1982
- Medium
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 Private Investigations without reading music. The left hand plays jack-in-the-box (broken chord 3-10) and the right hand spinning lantern.
Private Investigations accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – Bm – A – G loop with jack-in-the-box in the left hand and spinning lantern in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Private Investigations
What are the letter notes for the Private Investigations 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 Em – Bm – A – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Private Investigations?
The loop is Em – Bm – A – G (vi – iii – II – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Private Investigations in?
G major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Private Investigations?
Jack-in-the-box: broken chord 3-10, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Private Investigations 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.