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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Casting Crowns

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 72 BPM
  • 2008
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Heard The Bells On Christmas Day without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand steady chords.

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – Eb – Bb – D7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#6 D6 C6 A5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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 Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

What are the letter notes for the I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day 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 Gm – Eb – Bb – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day?

The loop is Gm – Eb – Bb – D7 (vi – IV – I – III7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day in?

Bb major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day 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.