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O Christmas Tree: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Traditional

  • F major
  • 3/4
  • 76 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Moon River rollRight hand Swaying waltz chordsChords 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 O Christmas Tree without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand swaying waltz chords.

O Christmas Tree accompaniment in letter notes

The C7 – F – C7 – Gb loop with moon river roll in the left hand and swaying waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 F5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 3
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 4
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4 Bb4 Db5 Gb5 Bb5 Db6 Gb6 Bb6
LGb2 Db3 Bb3
Bar 5
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 F5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 7
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 8
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb5
LGb2 Db3 Bb3

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 O Christmas Tree

What are the letter notes for the O Christmas Tree 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 C7 – F – C7 – Gb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in O Christmas Tree?

The loop is C7 – F – C7 – Gb (V7 – I – V7 – bII) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is O Christmas Tree in?

F major, at about 76 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in O Christmas Tree?

Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is O Christmas Tree 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.