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Deck The Hall: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Traditional Carol

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 138 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Pausing chordsChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand pausing chords.

The main tune of Deck The Hall 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.

Bar 1
Bb → Dm
RF5 Eb5 D5 C5
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 2
Gm → Bb
RBb4 C5 D5 Bb4
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 3
Bb → Dm
RC5 D5 Eb5 C5 D5 C5
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 4
Gm → Bb
RBb4 A4 Bb4
LG2 D3 Bb3

Deck The Hall accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Dm – Gm – Bb – Bb – Dm – Gm – Bb loop with open sky in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb → Dm
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 F4+A4+D5
LBb2 F3 F3
Bar 2
Gm → Bb
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 D4+F4+Bb4
LG2 D3 D4
Bar 3
Bb → Dm
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 F4+A4+D5
LBb2 F3 F3
Bar 4
Gm → Bb
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 Bb6
LG2 D3 D4
Bar 5
Bb → Dm
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 F4+A4+D5
LBb2 F3 F3
Bar 6
Gm → Bb
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 D4+F4+Bb4
LG2 D3 D4
Bar 7
Bb → Dm
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 F4+A4+D5
LBb2 F3 F3
Bar 8
Gm → Bb
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 D4+F4+Bb4
LG2 D3 D4

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

What are the letter notes for the Deck The Hall 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 Bb – Dm – Gm – Bb – Bb – Dm – Gm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Deck The Hall?

The loop is Bb – Dm – Gm – Bb – Bb – Dm – Gm – Bb (I – iii – vi – I – iii – vi – I – iii) in Bb major, and the song ends on C7 – F7 – Bb.

What key is Deck The Hall in?

Bb major, at about 138 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Deck The Hall?

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

Is Deck The Hall easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of Deck The Hall?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.