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Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 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 Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand groovy chords.
Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Fm – C – Em loop with power fifths in the left hand and groovy 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 Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan)
What are the letter notes for the Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) 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 F – Fm – C – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan)?
The loop is F – Fm – C – Em (IV – iv – I – iii) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) in?
C major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan)?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hymn For A Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) 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.