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I Only Want You For Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Tim Nichols & Zack Turner
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V7–I–IV loop
- 1991
- 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 Only Want You For Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
I Only Want You For Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The C – G7 – C – F loop with little steps in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Only Want You For Christmas
What are the letter notes for the I Only Want You For 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 C – G7 – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Only Want You For Christmas?
The loop is C – G7 – C – F (I – V7 – I – IV) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is I Only Want You For Christmas in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Only Want You For Christmas?
Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Only Want You For Christmas easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.