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Let Us Pray: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Steven Curtis Chapman

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesThe 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 Let Us Pray without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves), and the right hand sings the tune.

Let Us Pray accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bb – F – Gm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 4
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 Bb6 G6 D6 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LG2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 8
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2 G3

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 Let Us Pray

What are the letter notes for the Let Us Pray 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 – Bb – F – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Let Us Pray?

The loop is Eb – Bb – F – Gm (IV – I – V – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.

What key is Let Us Pray in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Let Us Pray?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let Us Pray 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.