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Hosanna!: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Frank Hernandez

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Left hand Giant stepsThe 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 Hosanna! without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords), and the right hand sings the tune.

Hosanna! accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Ab – Eb – Bb7 loop with giant steps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LAb2+Eb3 Bb2+F3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LDb3+Ab3 Eb3+Bb3 Ab3+Eb4
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LAb2+Eb3 Bb2+F3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 4
Bb7
RBb3+D4+F4 F6 D6 Bb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LEb3+Bb3 F3+C4 Bb3+F4
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LAb2+Eb3 Bb2+F3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LDb3+Ab3 Eb3+Bb3 Ab3+Eb4
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LAb2+Eb3 Bb2+F3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 8
Bb7
RBb3+D4+F4
LEb3+Bb3 F3+C4 Bb3+F4

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 Hosanna!

What are the letter notes for the Hosanna! 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 Eb – Ab – Eb – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hosanna!?

The loop is Eb – Ab – Eb – Bb7 (I – IV – I – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb7 – Eb.

What key is Hosanna! in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Hosanna!?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hosanna! 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.