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Christmas Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- E major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1998
- Medium
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 Time without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand running-late chords.
The catchy part of Christmas Time in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Christmas Time accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m – G#7 – F#m7 – C#m – G#7 loop with walking roots in the left hand and running-late 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.
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Questions about Christmas Time
What are the letter notes for the Christmas Time 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 C#m – G#7 – F#m7 – C#m – G#7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Christmas Time?
The loop is C#m – G#7 – F#m7 – C#m – G#7 (vi – III7 – ii7 – vi – III7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Christmas Time in?
E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Christmas Time?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Christmas Time easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Christmas Time?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.