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Holy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nichole Nordeman

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Busy-bee pulseThe 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 Holy without reading music. The left hand plays busy-bee pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.

Holy accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Db – Absus4 – Eb loop with busy-bee pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3 F2
Bar 2
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4 Db3
Bar 3
Absus4
RAb4+Db5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 5
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3 F2
Bar 6
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4 Db3
Bar 7
Absus4
RAb4+Db5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2

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 Holy

What are the letter notes for the Holy 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 – Db – Absus4 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Holy?

The loop is Fm – Db – Absus4 – Eb (vi – IV – Isus – V) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Holy in?

Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Holy?

Busy-bee pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Holy 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.