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Christmas Must Be Something More: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Taylor Swift

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 124 BPM
  • 2007
  • Medium
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Left hand Rock hopRight hand Jump-in chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Must Be Something More without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand jump-in chords.

Christmas Must Be Something More accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D – Em – Csus4 loop with rock hop in the left hand and jump-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 2
D
RA4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 3
Em
RB4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 4
Csus4
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G6 F6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
G
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 6
D
RA4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 7
Em
RB4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 8
Csus4
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4

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 Must Be Something More

What are the letter notes for the Christmas Must Be Something More 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 G – D – Em – Csus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Christmas Must Be Something More?

The loop is G – D – Em – Csus4 (I – V – vi – IVsus) in G major, and the song ends on Em – C – G.

What key is Christmas Must Be Something More in?

G major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Christmas Must Be Something More?

Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Christmas Must Be Something More 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.