Hit the Lights - Metallica MIDI for Piano & Guitar

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Mode Concert: the MIDI melody is played as is, with the instrument's didactic fingering (out-of-range notes skip octaves). Mode Written: applies the real transposition of each instrument (alto sax in Eb +9, clarinet/trumpet in Bb +2).

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Description & Musical Analysis

Practice Hit the Lights - Metallica with piano notes, chord shapes, sheet music, and instrument-friendly visual guides on MidiPlays. Explore the song in the context of Metallica and related collections.

How to Play & Trivia

Why this page helps

Hit the Lights - Metallica is arranged as a practical study page so you can hear the full MIDI playback, watch the notes land in time, and compare the same passage across piano, guitar, sheet music, and wind-friendly views.

A simple practice path

Start by listening to the full arrangement once. Then slow the tempo, isolate the phrases that repeat, and compare the visual keyboard, chord cues, and notation to confirm both melody and harmony.

Musical snapshot

Tempo: 144 BPM
Key / scale: A Major
Note count: 8815
Duration: 4:02

What to focus on

Use the piano view to clean up timing, follow the chord cues to understand harmonic movement, and open the wind view when you want a clearer melodic contour for recorder, flute, clarinet, saxophone, or trumpet practice.

Related context

This arrangement also sits close to Metallica, which is useful when you want to stay inside the same soundtrack, game, or style family.

Available Instruments: Piano (Grand, Upright, Electric), Synthesizer, Organ, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Viola Caipira, Ukulele, Bass (4 and 5 strings), Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Kalimba, Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Flute, Ocarina, Saxophone, Clarinet, and Trumpet.

MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale

A Major

Pitch Range

E1 (28) - D6 (86)

Total Notes

8815

Note Distribution

897 10.2%

563 6.4%

621 7.0%

82 0.9%

1804 20.5%

38 0.4%

464 5.3%

711 8.1%

27 0.3%

1895 21.5%

346 3.9%

1367 15.5%

Tracks & Instruments

Track	Instrument	Notes
Track 2	overdriven guitar	2282
Track 3	overdriven guitar	2171
Track 4	electric bass (pick)	1190
Track 5	overdriven guitar	713
Track 6	lead 6 (voice)	177
Track 7	acoustic grand piano	2282

Chord Timeline

Time	Beat	Chord
00:00 - 00:17	M1.1 - M11.2	E5
00:17 - 00:20	M11.3 - M13.1	F#5
00:20	M13.2	A6/F#
00:20	M13.3	F#5
00:21 - 00:21	M13.4 - M14.1	C#sus4/F#
00:22	M14.2	A6/F#
00:22 - 00:25	M14.3 - M16.2	F#5
00:25	M16.3	Emaj9
00:26	M16.4	Gm9/Bb
00:26	M17.1	Emaj9
00:27	M17.2	Gm9/Bb
00:27	M17.3	Gsus2/A
00:27	M17.4	Am7
00:28	M18.1	Gsus2/A
00:28	M18.2	Gsus4
00:29	M18.3	A
00:29	M18.4	A5
00:30	M19.1	EmMaj7/G
00:30	M19.2	Gsus2/A
00:30	M19.3	A
00:31	M19.4	Am7
00:31	M20.1	Dsus4/G
00:32	M20.2	Am7
00:32	M20.3	A5
00:32	M20.4	D
00:33	M21.1	Asus4
00:33	M21.2	A5
00:34	M21.3	Am7
00:34	M21.4	Dsus4
00:35	M22.1	C6/A
00:35	M22.2	A
00:35	M22.3	Em/G
00:36 - 00:36	M22.4 - M23.1	A5
00:37	M23.2	Am7
00:37	M23.3	Dsus4
00:37	M23.4	Am7
00:38	M24.1	A
00:38	M24.2	D
00:39	M24.3	Gsus2
00:39	M24.4	Gsus2/A
00:40	M25.1	Am7
00:40	M25.2	Dsus4/A
00:40	M25.3	Am7
00:41	M25.4	A
00:41	M26.1	C6/A
00:42	M26.2	EmMaj7
00:42	M26.3	Gsus2/A
00:42	M26.4	Am7
00:43	M27.1	Dsus4/A
00:43	M27.2	Am7
00:44	M27.3	A
00:44	M27.4	Esus4/A
00:45	M28.1	C/G
00:45 - 00:45	M28.2 - M28.3	Asus4/D
00:46	M28.4	Gmaj7
00:46	M29.1	G
00:47	M29.2	D5
00:47	M29.3	F6/D
00:47	M29.4	Am(add9)/B
00:48	M30.1	Gsus2
00:48	M30.2	A
00:49	M30.3	Am7
00:49	M30.4	Dsus4/A
00:50	M31.1	Am7
00:50	M31.2	A
00:50	M31.3	Em/G
00:51	M31.4	A5/E
00:51	M32.1	A
00:52	M32.2	Am7
00:52	M32.3	Dsus4/A
00:52	M32.4	Am7
00:53	M33.1	A
00:53	M33.2	Am9
00:54	M33.3	Cadd9/C#
00:54	M33.4	D5
00:55	M34.1	Gadd9/D
00:55	M34.2	G
00:55	M34.3	Gadd9
00:56	M34.4	D5
00:56	M35.1	Bm7/C
00:57	M35.2	Gmaj9/B
00:57 - 00:57	M35.3 - M35.4	Am7
00:58	M36.1	Dsus4/A
00:58	M36.2	Am7
00:59	M36.3	A
00:59	M36.4	A5
01:00	M37.1	EmMaj7/G
01:00 - 01:01	M37.2 - M37.4	E5
01:01	M38.1	G6/E
01:02	M38.2	Em(add9)/F#
01:02	M38.3	C/G
01:02	M38.4	G/B
01:03	M39.1	Gsus2
01:03	M39.2	A5
01:04	M39.3	C6/A
01:04	M39.4	A5
01:05	M40.1	C6/G
01:05	M40.2	C6/A
01:05	M40.3	Gsus4
01:06	M40.4	Gsus2/A
01:06	M41.1	A5
01:07	M41.2	C6/G
01:07	M41.3	Esus4/A
01:07	M41.4	A5
01:08	M42.1	Am7
01:08	M42.2	Gsus4
01:09	M42.3	Am
01:09	M42.4	Am7
01:10	M43.1	A5
01:10	M43.2	Esus4/A
01:10	M43.3	A5
01:11	M43.4	Am7
01:11	M44.1	Gadd9
01:12	M44.2	A5
01:12	M44.3	Esus4/A
01:12 - 01:13	M44.4 - M45.1	A5
01:14 - 01:15	M45.4 - M46.1	Gsus2/A
01:15	M46.2	Am7
01:15	M46.3	Dsus4/A
01:16	M46.4	Am7/D
01:16	M47.1	A
01:17	M47.2	A5
01:17	M47.3	EmMaj7
01:17	M47.4	Gsus2/A
01:18	M48.1	Am7
01:18	M48.2	Dsus4/A
01:19	M48.3	Am7
01:19	M48.4	A
01:20	M49.1	Gsus2/A
01:20	M49.2	C
01:20 - 01:21	M49.3 - M49.4	Asus4/D
01:21	M50.1	Gmaj7
01:22	M50.2	G
01:22	M50.3	D5
01:22	M50.4	Asus4/D
01:23	M51.1	Am(add9)/B
01:23	M51.2	Gsus2
01:24	M51.3	A
01:24	M51.4	Am7
01:25	M52.1	Dsus4/A
01:25	M52.2	Am7
01:25	M52.3	A
01:26	M52.4	Em/G
01:26	M53.1	A5/E
01:27	M53.2	A
01:27	M53.3	Am7
01:27	M53.4	Dsus4/A
01:28	M54.1	Am7
01:28	M54.2	A
01:29	M54.3	Am9
01:29	M54.4	Cadd9/C#
01:30	M55.1	D5
01:30	M55.2	Gadd9/D
01:30	M55.3	G
01:31	M55.4	Em7/G
01:31	M56.1	D5
01:32	M56.2	Csus2
01:32	M56.3	Gmaj9/B
01:32 - 01:33	M56.4 - M57.1	Am7
01:33	M57.2	Dsus4/A
01:34	M57.3	Am7
01:34	M57.4	A
01:35	M58.1	A5
01:35	M58.2	EmMaj7
01:35 - 01:36	M58.3 - M59.1	E5
01:37	M59.2	G6/E
01:37	M59.3	Em(add9)/F#
01:37	M59.4	C/G
01:38	M60.1	G/B
01:38	M60.2	Gsus2
01:39	M60.3	A5
01:39	M60.4	C6/A
01:40	M61.1	A5
01:40	M61.2	C6/G
01:40	M61.3	Am
01:41	M61.4	Gsus4
01:41	M62.1	Gsus2
01:42	M62.2	A5
01:42	M62.3	C6/G
01:42	M62.4	Esus4/A
01:43	M63.1	A5
01:43	M63.2	Am7
01:44	M63.3	Gsus4
01:44	M63.4	Am
01:45	M64.1	Am7
01:45	M64.2	A5
01:45	M64.3	Esus4/A
01:46	M64.4	A5
01:46	M65.1	Am7
01:47	M65.2	Gadd9
01:47	M65.3	A5
01:47	M65.4	Esus4/A
01:48 - 01:48	M66.1 - M66.2	A5
01:50 - 01:50	M67.1 - M67.2	Gsus2/A
01:50	M67.3	Am7
01:51	M67.4	Dsus4/A
01:51	M68.1	Am7/D
01:52	M68.2	A
01:52	M68.3	A5
01:52	M68.4	EmMaj7/G
01:53	M69.1	Gsus2/A
01:53	M69.2	A
01:54	M69.3	Dsus4/A
01:54	M69.4	Am7
01:55	M70.1	A
01:55	M70.2	Gsus2/A
01:55	M70.3	EmMaj7/C
01:56 - 01:56	M70.4 - M71.1	Asus4/D
01:57	M71.2	Gmaj7
01:57	M71.3	G
01:57	M71.4	D5
01:58	M72.1	Asus4/D
01:58	M72.2	Am(add9)/B
01:59	M72.3	Gsus2
01:59	M72.4	A
02:00	M73.1	Am7
02:00	M73.2	Dsus4/A
02:00	M73.3	Am7
02:01	M73.4	A
02:01	M74.1	Em
02:02	M74.2	EmMaj7
02:02	M74.3	A
02:02	M74.4	Am7
02:03	M75.1	Dsus4/A
02:03	M75.2	Am7
02:04	M75.3	A
02:04	M75.4	Am9
02:05	M76.1	Cadd9/C#
02:05	M76.2	D5
02:05	M76.3	Gadd9/D
02:06	M76.4	G
02:06	M77.1	Em7/G
02:07	M77.2	D5
02:07	M77.3	Csus2
02:07	M77.4	Gmaj9/B
02:08	M78.1	Am7
02:08	M78.2	A
02:09	M78.3	Dsus4/A
02:09	M78.4	Am7
02:10	M79.1	Gsus2/A
02:10	M79.2	A5
02:10	M79.3	EmMaj7
02:11 - 02:12	M79.4 - M80.3	E5
02:12	M80.4	Em(add9)/F#
02:13	M81.1	C/G
02:13	M81.2	G/B
02:14	M81.3	Gsus2
02:14	M81.4	A5
02:15	M82.1	C6/A
02:15	M82.2	A5
02:15	M82.3	C6/G
02:16	M82.4	A5
02:16	M83.1	Gsus4
02:17	M83.2	Gsus2
02:17	M83.3	A5
02:17	M83.4	C6/G
02:18	M84.1	Esus4/A
02:18	M84.2	A5
02:19	M84.3	Am7
02:19	M84.4	Gsus4
02:20	M85.1	Am
02:20	M85.2	C6/A
02:20	M85.3	Am
02:21	M85.4	Esus4/A
02:21	M86.1	A5
02:22	M86.2	Am7
02:22	M86.3	Gadd9
02:22	M86.4	A5
02:23	M87.1	Esus4/A
02:23	M87.2	A5
02:24	M87.3	C6/A
02:24	M87.4	A5
02:25	M88.1	Am7/C
02:25	M88.2	Gsus2
02:25	M88.3	A5
02:26	M88.4	Gadd9
02:26	M89.1	G
02:27 - 02:27	M89.2 - M89.3	A
02:27	M89.4	Am7
02:28	M90.1	Am7/G
02:28 - 02:29	M90.2 - M90.3	A
02:29 - 02:30	M90.4 - M91.1	Asus4
02:30 - 02:30	M91.2 - M91.3	A
02:31	M91.4	Am7/G
02:31	M92.1	Gsus2/A
02:32	M92.2	EmMaj7
02:32	M92.3	Cm(add9)/D
02:32 - 02:33	M92.4 - M93.1	A
02:33 - 02:34	M93.2 - M93.3	Am7
02:34 - 02:35	M93.4 - M94.1	A
02:35 - 02:35	M94.2 - M94.3	Asus4
02:36 - 02:36	M94.4 - M95.1	A
02:37	M95.2	Am7/G
02:37	M95.3	Gsus2/A
02:37	M95.4	EmMaj7
02:38	M96.1	Cm(add9)/D
02:38 - 02:39	M96.2 - M96.3	A
02:39 - 02:40	M96.4 - M97.1	Am7
02:40 - 02:40	M97.2 - M97.3	A
02:41	M97.4	Asus4
02:41 - 02:42	M98.1 - M98.3	A
02:42	M98.4	Am7/G
02:43	M99.1	Gsus2
02:43	M99.2	EmMaj7
02:44	M99.3	Csus2/D
02:44 - 02:45	M99.4 - M100.1	A
02:45 - 02:45	M100.2 - M100.3	Am7
02:46 - 02:46	M100.4 - M101.1	A
02:47	M101.2	Asus4
02:47 - 02:48	M101.3 - M102.1	A
02:48	M102.2	Am7/G
02:49	M102.3	Gsus2
02:49	M102.4	EmMaj7
02:50	M103.1	Bm/D
02:50 - 02:50	M103.2 - M103.3	B5
02:51	M103.4	Bm7
02:51	M104.1	Bm7/D
02:52 - 02:52	M104.2 - M104.3	B5
02:52	M104.4	Bsus4/E
02:53 - 02:53	M105.1 - M105.2	B5
02:54	M105.3	D6/B
02:54	M105.4	Bm7/D
02:55	M106.1	Asus2
02:55	M106.2	Ebm(add9)/F#
02:55	M106.3	Bm/D
02:56 - 02:56	M106.4 - M107.1	B5
02:57	M107.2	Bm7
02:57	M107.3	Bm7/D
02:57 - 02:58	M107.4 - M108.1	B5
02:58	M108.2	Bsus4/E
02:59 - 02:59	M108.3 - M108.4	B5
03:00	M109.1	D6/B
03:00	M109.2	Bm7/D
03:00	M109.3	Asus2
03:01	M109.4	Esus2/F#
03:01	M110.1	Bm/D
03:02 - 03:02	M110.2 - M110.3	B5
03:02	M110.4	Bm7
03:03	M111.1	Bm7/D
03:03 - 03:04	M111.2 - M111.3	B5
03:04	M111.4	E5
03:05 - 03:05	M112.1 - M112.2	B5
03:05	M112.3	D6/B
03:06	M112.4	Bm7/D
03:06	M113.1	Asus2
03:07	M113.2	Esus2/F
03:07	M113.3	Bm/D
03:07 - 03:08	M113.4 - M114.1	B5
03:08	M114.2	Bm7
03:09	M114.3	Bm7/D
03:09 - 03:10	M114.4 - M115.1	B5
03:10	M115.2	E5
03:10 - 03:11	M115.3 - M115.4	B5
03:11	M116.1	D6/B
03:12	M116.2	Bm7/D
03:12	M116.3	F#m/A
03:12	M116.4	Esus2/F
03:13	M117.1	Bm/D
03:13 - 03:14	M117.2 - M117.3	B5
03:14	M117.4	Bm7
03:15	M118.1	D6/B
03:15 - 03:15	M118.2 - M118.3	B5
03:16	M118.4	Bsus4/E
03:16 - 03:17	M119.1 - M119.2	B5
03:17	M119.3	Bm7
03:17	M119.4	Bm7/D
03:18	M120.1	F#m/A
03:18	M120.2	Esus2/F
03:19	M120.3	Bm/D
03:19 - 03:20	M120.4 - M121.1	B5
03:20	M121.2	Bm7
03:20	M121.3	D6/B
03:21 - 03:21	M121.4 - M122.1	B5
03:22	M122.2	Bsus4/E
03:22 - 03:22	M122.3 - M122.4	B5
03:23	M123.1	Bm7
03:23	M123.2	Bm7/D
03:24	M123.3	F#m/A
03:24	M123.4	Esus2/F
03:25	M124.1	Bm/D
03:25 - 03:25	M124.2 - M124.3	B5
03:26	M124.4	Bm7/D
03:26	M125.1	D6/B
03:27	M125.2	B5
03:27	M125.3	Bsus4
03:27	M125.4	Bsus4/E
03:28 - 03:28	M126.1 - M126.2	B5
03:29	M126.3	Bm7
03:29	M126.4	Bm7/D
03:30	M127.1	F#m/A
03:30	M127.2	Esus2/F
03:30	M127.3	Bm/D
03:31 - 03:31	M127.4 - M128.1	B5
03:32	M128.2	Asus4/D
03:32	M128.3	Bm
03:32	M128.4	B5
03:33	M129.1	Bsus4
03:33	M129.2	Bsus4/E
03:34 - 03:34	M129.3 - M129.4	B5
03:35	M130.1	Bm7
03:35	M130.2	Bm7/D
03:35	M130.3	F#m/A
03:36	M130.4	Esus2/F
03:36	M131.1	Asus4/D
03:37 - 03:37	M131.2 - M131.3	A5
03:37	M131.4	Gsus4/C
03:38 - 03:38	M132.1 - M132.2	A5
03:39	M132.3	Asus4
03:39	M132.4	Asus4/D
03:40 - 03:40	M133.1 - M133.2	A5
03:40	M133.3	Am7
03:41	M133.4	Am7/C
03:41	M134.1	Em/G
03:42	M134.2	Cm(add9)/Eb
03:42	M134.3	Am/C
03:42 - 03:43	M134.4 - M135.1	A5
03:43	M135.2	Gsus4/C
03:44 - 03:44	M135.3 - M135.4	A5
03:45	M136.1	Asus4
03:45	M136.2	Asus4/D
03:45 - 03:46	M136.3 - M136.4	A5
03:46	M137.1	Am7
03:47	M137.2	Am7/C
03:47	M137.3	Em/G
03:47	M137.4	Cm(add9)/D
03:48	M138.1	Am/C
03:48	M138.2	Em/G
03:49	M138.3	Dsus2
03:49	M138.4	Am/C
03:50	M139.1	Em/G
03:50	M139.2	Dsus2/E
03:50	M139.3	Am/C
03:51 - 04:02	M139.4 - M146.2	A5

Hit the Lights - Metallica

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