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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Traditional
- Bb major
- 6/8
- 160 BPM
- vi–ii–vi–ii loop
- 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 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand tug-of-war chords.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand and tug-of-war 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 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
What are the letter notes for the God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 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 Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen?
The loop is Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm (vi – ii – vi – ii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen in?
Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 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.