Piano chords · Old-time stride
O Come, Little Children: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By C. von Schmidt
- Eb major
- 2/4
- 76 BPM
- I–V7–I–V7 loop
- 2006
- 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, Little Children without reading music. The left hand plays little march (lh chords (2/4)) and the right hand marching chords.
O Come, Little Children accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 loop with little march in the left hand and marching 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 O Come, Little Children
What are the letter notes for the O Come, Little Children 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 Eb – Bb7 – Eb – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in O Come, Little Children?
The loop is Eb – Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Fm – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is O Come, Little Children in?
Eb major, at about 76 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in O Come, Little Children?
Little march: lh chords (2/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Come, Little Children 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.