Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Everyone’s A Child At Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Johnny Marks
- C major
- 2/2
- 140 BPM
- I–I7–IV–ii loop
- 1955
- Easy
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 Everyone’s A Child At Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Everyone’s A Child At Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C7 – F – Dm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. 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 Everyone’s A Child At Christmas
What are the letter notes for the Everyone’s A Child At Christmas 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 – C7 – F – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Everyone’s A Child At Christmas?
The loop is C – C7 – F – Dm (I – I7 – IV – ii) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.
What key is Everyone’s A Child At Christmas in?
C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Everyone’s A Child At Christmas?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Everyone’s A Child At Christmas 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.