Piano chords · Lullaby boat
How Can I Keep From Singing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Chris Tomlin
- Bb major
- 6/8
- 104 BPM
- I–Isus–I–Isus loop
- 2006
- Medium
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 How Can I Keep From Singing without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.
How Can I Keep From Singing accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb – Bbsus4 loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand and rowing-boat 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 How Can I Keep From Singing
What are the letter notes for the How Can I Keep From Singing 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 – Bbsus4 – Bb – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in How Can I Keep From Singing?
The loop is Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb – Bbsus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb.
What key is How Can I Keep From Singing in?
Bb major, at about 104 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in How Can I Keep From Singing?
Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Can I Keep From Singing 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.