Piano chords · Waltz garden
Morning Has Broken: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cat Stevens
- C major
- 3/4
- 135 BPM
- 1971
- 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 Morning Has Broken without reading music. The left hand plays waltz rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.
The intro of Morning Has Broken 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.
Morning Has Broken accompaniment in letter notes
The D – G – A – F# loop with waltz rocking in the left hand and waltz bells 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 Morning Has Broken
What are the letter notes for the Morning Has Broken 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 D – G – A – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Morning Has Broken?
The loop is D – G – A – F# (II – V – VI – #IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Morning Has Broken in?
C major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Morning Has Broken?
Waltz rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Morning Has Broken 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 Morning Has Broken?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.