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Crystal Lullaby: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Rising bubblesChords 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 Crystal Lullaby without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand rising bubbles.

Crystal Lullaby accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Am – G – Am loop with three-step climb in the left hand and rising bubbles in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4 D5 G5 B4 D5 G5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 2
Am
RC4 E4 A4 C4 E4 A4
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 3
G
RB4 D5 G5 B4 D5 G5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 4
Am
RC4 E4 A4 E4 A4 C5 E5 A5 C6 E6 A6
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 5
G
RB4 D5 G5 B4 D5 G5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 6
Am
RC4 E4 A4 C4 E4 A4
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 7
G
RB4 D5 G5 B4 D5 G5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 8
Am
RC4 E4 A4 C4 E4 A4
LA2 E3 A3

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 Crystal Lullaby

What are the letter notes for the Crystal Lullaby 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 – Am – G – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Crystal Lullaby?

The loop is G – Am – G – Am (I – ii – I – ii) in G major, and the song ends on G – Am – G.

What key is Crystal Lullaby in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Crystal Lullaby?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Crystal Lullaby 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.