Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Christmas Island: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Lyle Moraine
- G major
- 2/2
- 96 BPM
- 1946
- Tricky
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 Christmas Island without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand trotting-sleigh chords.
Christmas Island accompaniment in letter notes
The D7 – C – G – E7 loop with pop heartbeat 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.
Questions about Christmas Island
What are the letter notes for the Christmas Island 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 D7 – C – G – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Christmas Island?
The loop is D7 – C – G – E7 (V7 – IV – I – VI7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Christmas Island in?
G major, at about 96 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Christmas Island?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Christmas Island easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.