Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
O Little Town Of Bethlehem: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Phillips Brooks
- F major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 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 Little Town Of Bethlehem without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand steady chords.
O Little Town Of Bethlehem accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Fdim – F – F#dim loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and steady 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 Little Town Of Bethlehem
What are the letter notes for the O Little Town Of Bethlehem 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 – Fdim – F – F#dim, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in O Little Town Of Bethlehem?
The loop is F – Fdim – F – F#dim (I – io – I – biio) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is O Little Town Of Bethlehem in?
F major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in O Little Town Of Bethlehem?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Little Town Of Bethlehem 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.