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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pausing chords.
The intro of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – E7 – Am – D7 – G – G – D7 – G – G loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and pausing 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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
What are the letter notes for the Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 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 Am – E7 – Am – D7 – G – G – D7 – G – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?
The loop is Am – E7 – Am – D7 – G – G – D7 – G – G (ii – VI7 – ii – V7 – I – V7 – I – ii – VI7) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.
What key is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing in?
G major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 9 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.