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All I Want For Christmas Is You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Mariah Carey
- G major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1994
- Tricky
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 All I Want For Christmas Is You without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand trotting-sleigh chords.
The main tune of All I Want For Christmas Is You in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
All I Want For Christmas Is You accompaniment in letter notes
The G – G – G – Am7 – Bb loop with walking roots in the left hand and trotting-sleigh 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 All I Want For Christmas Is You
What are the letter notes for the All I Want For Christmas Is You 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 G – G – G – Am7 – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in All I Want For Christmas Is You?
The loop is G – G – G – Am7 – Bb (I – ii7 – bIII – I – ii7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is All I Want For Christmas Is You in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in All I Want For Christmas Is You?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is All I Want For Christmas Is You easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of All I Want For Christmas Is You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.