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Children Of God: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Steven Curtis Chapman

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Wait-a-beat 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 Children Of God without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

Children Of God accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Cm – Bb – Eb loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 Bb6 G6 Eb6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Children Of God

What are the letter notes for the Children Of 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 Bb – Cm – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Children Of God?

The loop is Bb – Cm – Bb – Eb (I – ii – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Children Of God in?

Bb major, at about 148 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Children Of God?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Children Of God 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.