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I Will Boast: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Chris Tomlin

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Left hand Power fifthsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Will Boast without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.

I Will Boast accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Eb – Db – Ab loop with power fifths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3+Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+Eb3
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 3
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb4+Ab4 Db4+Ab4 Db3+Ab3 Db3+Ab3
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LAb3+Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+Eb3
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3+Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+Eb3
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 7
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb4+Ab4 Db4+Ab4 Db3+Ab3 Db3+Ab3
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3+Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+Eb3

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 Will Boast

What are the letter notes for the I Will Boast 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 Ab – Eb – Db – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Will Boast?

The loop is Ab – Eb – Db – Ab (I – V – IV – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is I Will Boast in?

Ab major, at about 69 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Will Boast?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Will Boast 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.