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Show Down: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Electric Light Orchestra

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Left hand Pop heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Show Down without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Show Down accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – F#m – Em – Bm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 2
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 4
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 5
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 6
F#m
RF#4+A4+C#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 8
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2

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 Show Down

What are the letter notes for the Show Down 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 Bm – F#m – Em – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Show Down?

The loop is Bm – F#m – Em – Bm (i – v – iv – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Show Down in?

B minor, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Show Down?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Show Down easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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