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

By The Choirboys

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Left hand Marching giantRight hand Run-up 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 Do You Hear What I Hear? without reading music. The left hand plays marching giant (lh triads) and the right hand run-up chords.

Do You Hear What I Hear? accompaniment in letter notes

The D – A – Bm – A loop with marching giant in the left hand and run-up chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
DRF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3+F#3+A3 D3+F#3+A3 A2+D3+F#3 A2+D3+F#3
Bar 2
ARC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 E3+A3+C#4 E3+A3+C#4
Bar 3
BmRD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 F#3+B3+D4 F#3+B3+D4
Bar 4
ARC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 A6 E6 C#6 A5 F#5 F5 E5 D#5
LA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 E3+A3+C#4 E3+A3+C#4
Bar 5
DRF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3+F#3+A3 D3+F#3+A3 A2+D3+F#3 A2+D3+F#3
Bar 6
ARC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 E3+A3+C#4 E3+A3+C#4
Bar 7
BmRD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 F#3+B3+D4 F#3+B3+D4
Bar 8
ARC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 E3+A3+C#4 E3+A3+C#4

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 D – A – Bm – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Do You Hear What I Hear??

The loop is D – A – Bm – A (I – V – vi – V) in D major, and the song ends on Em – A7 – D.

What key is Do You Hear What I Hear? in?

D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

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

Marching giant: lh triads, 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.