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Do You Hear What I Hear: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Mary J. Blige

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Left hand Drowsy heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Do You Hear What I Hear without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

Do You Hear What I Hear accompaniment in letter notes

The A – Asus4 – A – Asus4 loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
ARA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 2
Asus4RA3+D4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 3
ARA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 4
Asus4RA3+D4+E4 D4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 5
ARA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 6
Asus4RA3+D4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 7
ARA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 8
Asus4RA3+D4+E4
LA2 A3 A2

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 Do You Hear What I Hear

What are the letter notes for the Do You Hear What I Hear 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 A – Asus4 – A – Asus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Do You Hear What I Hear?

The loop is A – Asus4 – A – Asus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in A major, and the song ends on A – Asus4 – A.

What key is Do You Hear What I Hear in?

A major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Do You Hear What I Hear?

Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Do You Hear What I Hear 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.