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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Carpenters

  • Eb major
  • 3/4
  • 90 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Waltz rootsRight hand Waltz 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 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear without reading music. The left hand plays waltz roots (root bass · 3/4 quarters) and the right hand waltz chords.

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – G – F#dim – Adim loop with waltz roots in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 2
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 G3 G3
Bar 3
F#dim
RF#4+A4+C5 F#4+A4+C5 F#4+A4+C5
LF#2 F#3 F#3
Bar 4
Adim
RA3+C4+Eb4 A4 C5 Eb5 A5 C6 Eb6 A6 C7
LA2 A3 A3
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 6
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 G3 G3
Bar 7
F#dim
RF#4+A4+C5 F#4+A4+C5 F#4+A4+C5
LF#2 F#3 F#3
Bar 8
Adim
RA3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4 A3+C4+Eb4
LA2 A3 A3

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 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

What are the letter notes for the It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 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 Eb – G – F#dim – Adim, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in It Came Upon A Midnight Clear?

The loop is Eb – G – F#dim – Adim (I – III – biiio – #ivo) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is It Came Upon A Midnight Clear in?

Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in It Came Upon A Midnight Clear?

Waltz roots: root bass · 3/4 quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 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.