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I See The Light: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Alan Menken

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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Marching chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 See The Light without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand marching chords.

I See The Light accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – C – G7 – C loop with rolling waves in the left hand and marching chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B3 D3 G2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3 C3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 3
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B3 D3 G2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 G3 E4 G3 C3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 5
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B3 D3 G2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3 C3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 7
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 B3 D3 G2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3 C3 G3 E4 G3

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 See The Light

What are the letter notes for the I See The Light 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 G7 – C – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I See The Light?

The loop is G7 – C – G7 – C (V7 – I – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on D7 – G7 – C.

What key is I See The Light in?

C major, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I See The Light?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I See The Light 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.