Radar Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Golden Earring

F# minor
2/2
118 BPM
1973
Easy

Tuning the piano…

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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 Radar Love without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand steady chords.

The repeating figure of Radar Love in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#mRB2+E3 C#3+F#3 C#3+F#3 C#3+F#3
LF#1 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 2
F#m → F#m7RC#3+F#3 C#3+F#3 C#3+F#3 E3+A3
LF#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 3
F#mRB2+E3 C#3+F#3 C#3+F#3 C#3+F#3
LF#1 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 4
F#m → F#m7RC#3+F#3 C#3+F#3 C#3+F#3 B2+E3
LF#2 F#2 F#2

Radar Love accompaniment in letter notes

The F#m – F#m – F#m7 – F#m – F#m – F#m7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#mRA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 2
F#m → F#m7RA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 3
F#mRA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 4
F#m → F#m7RA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 G#4 A4 C#5 D#5 C#5 A4 A4 F#4
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 5
F#mRA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 6
F#m → F#m7RA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 7
F#mRA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 A2

Bar 8
F#m → F#m7RA4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5 A4+C#5+E5+F#5
LF#2 G#2 A2 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.

Play next

The same left hand: Jazz walk

About this pattern

Questions about Radar Love

What are the letter notes for the Radar Love 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 F#m – F#m – F#m7 – F#m – F#m – F#m7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Radar Love?

The loop is F#m – F#m – F#m7 – F#m – F#m – F#m7 (i – i7 – i – i7 – i – i7) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is Radar Love in?

F# minor, at about 118 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Radar Love?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Radar Love easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Radar Love?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.