Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Lonesome Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Lloyd Glenn
- E major
- 4/4
- 108 BPM
- IV7–I7–V7–IV7 loop
- 1978
- Medium
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 Lonesome Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) and the right hand pumping chords.
Lonesome Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – E7 – B7 – A7 loop with rock’n’roll rocker in the left hand and pumping 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 Lonesome Christmas
What are the letter notes for the Lonesome 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 A7 – E7 – B7 – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Lonesome Christmas?
The loop is A7 – E7 – B7 – A7 (IV7 – I7 – V7 – IV7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Lonesome Christmas in?
E major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Lonesome Christmas?
Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Lonesome 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.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.