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A Soldier On His Knees: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By The Crabb Family

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Left hand Gentle rockingRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 Soldier On His Knees without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand steady chords.

A Soldier On His Knees accompaniment in letter notes

The Csus4 – C – Csus4 – C loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 3
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 5
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 7
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3

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 Soldier On His Knees

What are the letter notes for the A Soldier On His Knees 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 Csus4 – C – Csus4 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Soldier On His Knees?

The loop is Csus4 – C – Csus4 – C (Isus – I – Isus – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is A Soldier On His Knees in?

C major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Soldier On His Knees?

Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Soldier On His Knees 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.