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Heavenly Day: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Patty Griffin

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Left hand Little rainbowThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Heavenly Day without reading music. The left hand plays little rainbow (broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Heavenly Day accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Gm – Eb – F loop with little rainbow in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3 F3 Bb3 F3 D3
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 Bb2 D3 G3 D3 Bb2
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 G2 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2 G2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6
LF2 A2 C3 F3 C3 A2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3 F3 Bb3 F3 D3
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 Bb2 D3 G3 D3 Bb2
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 G2 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2 G2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 A2 C3 F3 C3 A2

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 Heavenly Day

What are the letter notes for the Heavenly Day 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 Bb – Gm – Eb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Heavenly Day?

The loop is Bb – Gm – Eb – F (I – vi – IV – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.

What key is Heavenly Day in?

Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Heavenly Day?

Little rainbow: broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Heavenly Day 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.