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Because It's Christmas Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Buck Owens
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 1965
- Easy
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 Because It's Christmas Time without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand pausing chords.
Because It's Christmas Time accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb loop with little steps in the left hand and pausing 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 Because It's Christmas Time
What are the letter notes for the Because It's Christmas Time 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 Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Because It's Christmas Time?
The loop is Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Because It's Christmas Time in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Because It's Christmas Time?
Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Because It's Christmas Time 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.