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Coventry Carol: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Pentatonix

  • F minor
  • 3/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2016
  • Easy
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Left hand Waltz rootsRight hand Waltz 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 Coventry Carol without reading music. The left hand plays waltz roots (root bass · 3/4 quarters) and the right hand waltz chords.

Coventry Carol accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Cm – Db – Eb loop with waltz roots in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 2
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 3
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4 Db4+F4+Ab4 Db4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db4 Db4
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 5
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 6
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 7
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4 Db4+F4+Ab4 Db4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db4 Db4
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3

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 Coventry Carol

What are the letter notes for the Coventry Carol 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 Fm – Cm – Db – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Coventry Carol?

The loop is Fm – Cm – Db – Eb (i – v – bVI – bVII) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is Coventry Carol in?

F minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Coventry Carol?

Waltz roots: root bass · 3/4 quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Coventry Carol easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.