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O Come, O Come Emmanuel: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Traditional
- E minor
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- Easy
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, O Come Emmanuel without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)), and the right hand sings the tune.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – Am – A – Am loop with velvet jazz 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, O Come Emmanuel
What are the letter notes for the O Come, O Come Emmanuel 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 – Am – A – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in O Come, O Come Emmanuel?
The loop is Em – Am – A – Am (i – iv – IV – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is O Come, O Come Emmanuel in?
E minor, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in O Come, O Come Emmanuel?
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Come, O Come Emmanuel 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.