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A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Traditional Carol

  • C major
  • 3/4
  • 135 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Moon River rollThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.

A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Dm – E7 – Am loop with moon river roll in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 2
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 A2 F3
Bar 3
E7
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 G#3
Bar 4
Am
RA3+C4+E4 E4 A4 C5 E5 A5 C6 E6 A6
LA2 E3 C4
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 6
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 A2 F3
Bar 7
E7
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 G#3
Bar 8
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 C4

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 A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem

What are the letter notes for the A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem 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 – Dm – E7 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem?

The loop is C – Dm – E7 – Am (I – ii – III7 – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem in?

C major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem?

Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.