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Before The Throne Of God Above: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Vikki Cook & Charitie Bancroft

  • Eb major
  • 3/4
  • 84 BPM
  • 1997
  • Medium
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Left hand Spinning-top pulseRight hand Sleepy waltz chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Before The Throne Of God Above without reading music. The left hand plays spinning-top pulse (root bass · 3/4 8ths) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.

Before The Throne Of God Above accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bb – Eb – Cm loop with spinning-top pulse in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4 G4 C5 Eb5 G5 C6 Eb6 G6 C7
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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 Before The Throne Of God Above

What are the letter notes for the Before The Throne Of God Above 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 Eb – Bb – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Before The Throne Of God Above?

The loop is Eb – Bb – Eb – Cm (I – V – I – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Before The Throne Of God Above in?

Eb major, at about 84 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Before The Throne Of God Above?

Spinning-top pulse: root bass · 3/4 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Before The Throne Of God Above 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.