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Somebody's Out There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Triumph

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1986
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pop stabsChords 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 Somebody's Out There without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pop stabs.

Somebody's Out There accompaniment in letter notes

The D – A – C – G loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 G6 D6 B5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
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.

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Questions about Somebody's Out There

What are the letter notes for the Somebody's Out There 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 D – A – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Somebody's Out There?

The loop is D – A – C – G (I5 – V – bVII – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Somebody's Out There in?

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

What does the left hand play in Somebody's Out There?

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

Is Somebody's Out There 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.