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No Sweeter Name: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Kari Jobe
- G major
- 6/8
- 83 BPM
- vi–V–I–IV loop
- 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 No Sweeter Name without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths) and the right hand cradle chords.
No Sweeter Name accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – D – G – C loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand and cradle 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 No Sweeter Name
What are the letter notes for the No Sweeter Name 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 Em – D – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in No Sweeter Name?
The loop is Em – D – G – C (vi – V – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.
What key is No Sweeter Name in?
G major, at about 83 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in No Sweeter Name?
Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is No Sweeter Name 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.