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O Come Away, Ye Shepherds: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by 18th Century French Text
- F major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- 1991
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Come Away, Ye Shepherds without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords), and the right hand sings the tune.
O Come Away, Ye Shepherds accompaniment in letter notes
The F – C – G#dim – F loop with giant steps in the left hand. 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 O Come Away, Ye Shepherds
What are the letter notes for the O Come Away, Ye Shepherds 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 F – C – G#dim – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in O Come Away, Ye Shepherds?
The loop is F – C – G#dim – F (I – V – biiio – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is O Come Away, Ye Shepherds in?
F major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in O Come Away, Ye Shepherds?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Come Away, Ye Shepherds easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.