Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
I Can Hear The Bells: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Marc Shaiman
- F major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2001
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Can Hear The Bells without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand steady chords.
The main tune of I Can Hear The Bells in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I Can Hear The Bells accompaniment in letter notes
The F – F – C – Dm – Dm – C loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and steady 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 Can Hear The Bells
What are the letter notes for the I Can Hear The Bells 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 – F – C – Dm – Dm – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Can Hear The Bells?
The loop is F – F – C – Dm – Dm – C (I – V – vi – V – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is I Can Hear The Bells in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Can Hear The Bells?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can Hear The Bells easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Can Hear The Bells?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.