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I Believe In Father Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Greg Lake
- D major
- 4/4
- 116 BPM
- IV–I–IV–I loop
- 1975
- 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 I Believe In Father Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.
I Believe In Father Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D – G – D loop with groovy roots in the left hand and freeze-tag 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 I Believe In Father Christmas
What are the letter notes for the I Believe In Father Christmas 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 G – D – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Believe In Father Christmas?
The loop is G – D – G – D (IV – I – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is I Believe In Father Christmas in?
D major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Believe In Father Christmas?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Believe In Father Christmas 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.