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Grace By Which I Stand: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Keith Green

  • F minor
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 1981
  • Easy
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Left hand Drowsy heartbeatRight hand Late-knock chordsChords 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 Grace By Which I Stand without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand late-knock chords.

Grace By Which I Stand accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – C7 – Ab – Db loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 2
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 4
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LDb3 Db4 Db3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 6
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 8
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db4 Db3

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 Grace By Which I Stand

What are the letter notes for the Grace By Which I Stand 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 Fm – C7 – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Grace By Which I Stand?

The loop is Fm – C7 – Ab – Db (i – V7 – bIII – bVI) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is Grace By Which I Stand in?

F minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Grace By Which I Stand?

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

Is Grace By Which I Stand 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.