Piano chords · Lullaby boat
O Come To The Altar: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Chris Brown, Mack Brock & others
- C major
- 6/8
- 69 BPM
- I–ii–vi–IV loop
- 2016
- Medium
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 To The Altar without reading music. The left hand plays hammock rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand tug-of-war chords.
O Come To The Altar accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Dm – Am – F loop with hammock rocking in the left hand and tug-of-war 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.
Play next
The same I–ii–vi–IV loop
Questions about O Come To The Altar
What are the letter notes for the O Come To The Altar 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 C – Dm – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in O Come To The Altar?
The loop is C – Dm – Am – F (I – ii – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on Am – F – C.
What key is O Come To The Altar in?
C major, at about 69 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in O Come To The Altar?
Hammock rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Come To The Altar 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.