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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Frederick H. Hedge
- C major
- 4/4
- 115 BPM
- 2010
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Mighty Fortress Is Our God without reading music. The left hand plays freeze-tag footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God accompaniment in letter notes
The A – Dm – G7 – C loop with freeze-tag footsteps in the left hand and bouncy-ball 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 Mighty Fortress Is Our God
What are the letter notes for the A Mighty Fortress Is Our God 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 A – Dm – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Mighty Fortress Is Our God?
The loop is A – Dm – G7 – C (VI – ii – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.
What key is A Mighty Fortress Is Our God in?
C major, at about 115 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Mighty Fortress Is Our God?
Freeze-tag footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Mighty Fortress Is Our God easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.