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If We Are The Body: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Casting Crowns

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 133 BPM
  • 2003
  • Easy
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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Peekaboo 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 If We Are The Body without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand peekaboo chords.

If We Are The Body accompaniment in letter notes

The A – Esus4 – E – Esus4 loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and peekaboo chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 2
Esus4
RA4+B4+E5 A4+B4+E5 A4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 3
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 4
Esus4
RA4+B4+E5 D4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 6
Esus4
RA4+B4+E5 A4+B4+E5 A4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 7
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 8
Esus4
RA4+B4+E5 A4+B4+E5 A4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3

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 If We Are The Body

What are the letter notes for the If We Are The Body 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 A – Esus4 – E – Esus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in If We Are The Body?

The loop is A – Esus4 – E – Esus4 (I – Vsus – V – Vsus) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is If We Are The Body in?

A major, at about 133 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If We Are The Body?

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is If We Are The Body 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.