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People Need The Lord: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Steve Green
- D major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- 1983
- Tricky
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 People Need The Lord without reading music. The left hand plays big sweep (wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8) and the right hand steady chords.
The intro of People Need The Lord in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
People Need The Lord accompaniment in letter notes
The A – G – D – D – Em – D loop with big sweep 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 People Need The Lord
What are the letter notes for the People Need The Lord 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 A – G – D – D – Em – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in People Need The Lord?
The loop is A – G – D – D – Em – D (V – IV – I – ii – I – V) in D major, and the song ends on D – Em – D.
What key is People Need The Lord in?
D major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in People Need The Lord?
Big sweep: wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is People Need The Lord easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of People Need The Lord?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.