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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Steven Curtis Chapman
- G major
- 4/4
- 132 BPM
- IV–I–IV–I loop
- 1995
- 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/ The Music Of Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand push-and-land chords.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The C – G – C – G loop with island pulse in the left hand and push-and-land 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/ The Music Of Christmas
What are the letter notes for the Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of 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 – G – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of Christmas?
The loop is C – G – C – G (IV – I – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of Christmas in?
G major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of Christmas?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ The Music Of 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.