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Light My Candle: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pop seesawRight hand Pop stabsChords 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 Light My Candle without reading music. The left hand plays pop seesaw (root–fifth 1-1-5) and the right hand pop stabs.

Light My Candle accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Eb – Cm loop with pop seesaw in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5
LC3 C3 G3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 F6 Eb6 D6 C6 Bb5 Ab5 G5 F5
LC3 C3 G3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Bb2
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5
LC3 C3 G3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5
LC3 C3 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 Light My Candle

What are the letter notes for the Light My Candle 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 – Cm – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Light My Candle?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Eb – Cm (I – vi – I – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Cm – Eb.

What key is Light My Candle in?

Eb major, at about 131 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Light My Candle?

Pop seesaw: root–fifth 1-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Light My Candle 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.