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Coming Home For Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jim Brickman with Richie McDonald

  • C major
  • 2/2
  • 62 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Pop stabsChords 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 Coming Home For Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand pop stabs.

Coming Home For Christmas accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – F – Gsus4 – G loop with open sky in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C4
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 3
Gsus4
RC5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5
LG2 D3 C4
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG2 D3 B3
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C4
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 7
Gsus4
RC5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5 C5+D5+G5
LG2 D3 C4
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B3

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 Coming Home For Christmas

What are the letter notes for the Coming Home For Christmas 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 Am – F – Gsus4 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Coming Home For Christmas?

The loop is Am – F – Gsus4 – G (vi – IV – Vsus – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Coming Home For Christmas in?

C major, at about 62 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Coming Home For Christmas?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Coming Home For Christmas 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.