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Search And Destroy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By The Stooges

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1973
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Lingering chordsChords 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 Search And Destroy without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand lingering chords.

Search And Destroy accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Bb – Ab – Bb loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and lingering chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 Bb6 F6 D6 Bb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 Search And Destroy

What are the letter notes for the Search And Destroy 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 – Bb – Ab – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Search And Destroy?

The loop is C – Bb – Ab – Bb (I – bVII – bVI – bVII) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Search And Destroy in?

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

What does the left hand play in Search And Destroy?

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

Is Search And Destroy 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.