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Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Alan Jackson
- E major
- 6/8
- 120 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 2013
- 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 Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus) without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand cradle chords.
Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus) accompaniment in letter notes
The B7 – E – B7 – E loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand and cradle 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 Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus)
What are the letter notes for the Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus) 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 B7 – E – B7 – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus)?
The loop is B7 – E – B7 – E (V7 – I – V7 – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B7 – E.
What key is Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus) in?
E major, at about 120 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus)?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Oh, How I Love Jesus (O How I Love Jesus) 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.