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He’ll Make A Way: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Gerald Crabb

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Left hand Swelling 6/8The right hand sings the tuneChords 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 He’ll Make A Way without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

He’ll Make A Way accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – E loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C#4 A3 E3
Bar 2
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 D3 F#3 D3 A2
Bar 3
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C#4 A3 E3
Bar 4
E
RE4+G#4+B4 E4 G#4 B4 E5 G#5 B5
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2
Bar 5
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C#4 A3 E3
Bar 6
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 D3 F#3 D3 A2
Bar 7
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C#4 A3 E3
Bar 8
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2

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 He’ll Make A Way

What are the letter notes for the He’ll Make A Way 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 A – D – A – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in He’ll Make A Way?

The loop is A – D – A – E (I – IV – I – V) in A major, and the song ends on A – E – A.

What key is He’ll Make A Way in?

A major, at about 73 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in He’ll Make A Way?

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 He’ll Make A Way 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.