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Deck The Hall (from The Grinch): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jackie Wilson

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Pausing chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Deck The Hall (from The Grinch) without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pausing chords.

Deck The Hall (from The Grinch) accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Fm – Ab – Db loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 2
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 4
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4
Bar 5
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 6
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 8
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4

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 Deck The Hall (from The Grinch)

What are the letter notes for the Deck The Hall (from The Grinch) 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 Ab – Fm – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Deck The Hall (from The Grinch)?

The loop is Ab – Fm – Ab – Db (I – vi – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Eb – Ab.

What key is Deck The Hall (from The Grinch) in?

Ab major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Deck The Hall (from The Grinch)?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Deck The Hall (from The Grinch) 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.