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The Dictator Decides: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • E minor
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 2016
  • Medium
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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 The Dictator Decides without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand ticking clock.

The Dictator Decides accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – B – B7 – Em loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 2
B
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 3
B7
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 4
Em
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B6 G6 E6 B5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LE2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 5
Em
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 6
B
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 7
B7
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 8
Em
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3 E2 E3

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 The Dictator Decides

What are the letter notes for the The Dictator Decides 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 – B – B7 – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Dictator Decides?

The loop is Em – B – B7 – Em (i – V – V7 – i) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is The Dictator Decides in?

E minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Dictator Decides?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Dictator Decides 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.