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A Cradle Prayer: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- Bb major
- 3/4
- 90 BPM
- I–V–IV–I loop
- Medium
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 Cradle Prayer without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.
A Cradle Prayer accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Eb – Bb loop with moon river roll in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Cradle Prayer
What are the letter notes for the A Cradle Prayer 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 Bb – F – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Cradle Prayer?
The loop is Bb – F – Eb – Bb (I – V – IV – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is A Cradle Prayer in?
Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in A Cradle Prayer?
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 Cradle Prayer 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.