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O Church Arise: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Keith & Kristyn Getty

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O Church Arise written out as piano music: the I – V – I – V loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays spinning-top pulse (root bass · 3/4 8ths) and the right hand waltz chords.

O Church Arise chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1FIF A C
2CVC E G
3FIF A C
4CVC E G

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: spinning-top pulse (root bass · 3/4 8ths) in the left hand and waltz chords in the right, over the F – C – F – C chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about O Church Arise

Does the sheet music for O Church Arise have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in O Church Arise?

The loop is F – C – F – C (I – V – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C – F.

What key is O Church Arise in?

F major, at about 71 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in O Church Arise?

Spinning-top pulse: root bass · 3/4 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is O Church Arise 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.