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If We Make It Through December: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Merle Haggard
- F major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–bVII–IV–I loop
- 1973
- Easy
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 Make It Through December without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand lub-dub chords.
If We Make It Through December accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Eb – Bb – F loop with lazy seesaw in the left hand and lub-dub chords 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 If We Make It Through December
What are the letter notes for the If We Make It Through December 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 F – Eb – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If We Make It Through December?
The loop is F – Eb – Bb – F (I – bVII – IV – I) in F major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb – F.
What key is If We Make It Through December in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If We Make It Through December?
Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If We Make It Through December 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.