Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Do You Hear What I Hear: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Noel Regney
- C major
- 4/4
- 78 BPM
- I–bVII–I–bVII loop
- 1962
- Medium
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 breaking wave (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
Do You Hear What I Hear accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Bb – C – Bb loop with breaking wave in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 C – Bb – C – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Do You Hear What I Hear?
The loop is C – Bb – C – Bb (I – bVII – I – bVII) in C major, and the song ends on C – Bb – C.
What key is Do You Hear What I Hear in?
C major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Do You Hear What I Hear?
Breaking wave: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10, a medium 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?
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.