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I’ll Be Home For Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Walter Kent
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 65 BPM
- 1943
- Medium
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’ll Be Home For Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.
The intro of I’ll Be Home For Christmas in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I’ll Be Home For Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb – Bbsus4 loop with power fifths in the left hand and sprint-and-stop 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 I’ll Be Home For Christmas
What are the letter notes for the I’ll Be Home 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 Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I’ll Be Home For Christmas?
The loop is Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb – Bbsus4 (I – Isus4 – I – Isus4) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb.
What key is I’ll Be Home For Christmas in?
Bb major, at about 65 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I’ll Be Home For Christmas?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I’ll Be Home For Christmas 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.
Can I hear the real melody of I’ll Be Home For Christmas?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 7 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.