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Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Joseph M. Scriven

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Left hand Hurry-and-wait pulseRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus) without reading music. The left hand plays hurry-and-wait pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&) and the right hand soft chords.

Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus) accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Ab – Eb – Bb loop with hurry-and-wait pulse in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus)

What are the letter notes for the Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In 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 Eb – Ab – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus)?

The loop is Eb – Ab – Eb – Bb (I – IV – I – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.

What key is Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus) in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus)?

Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Oh Qué Amigo Nos Es Cristo (Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus) 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.