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Christmas Makes Me Cry: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Mark Schoenfeld & Barri McPherson
- G minor
- 2/2
- 90 BPM
- 1995
- Medium
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 Christmas Makes Me Cry without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand circling light.
Christmas Makes Me Cry accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Gm – Cm – D loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and circling light 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 Christmas Makes Me Cry
What are the letter notes for the Christmas Makes Me Cry 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 F – Gm – Cm – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Christmas Makes Me Cry?
The loop is F – Gm – Cm – D (bVII – i – iv – V) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Christmas Makes Me Cry in?
G minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Christmas Makes Me Cry?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Christmas Makes Me Cry 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.