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Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Danny Elfman
- A minor
- 3/4
- 105 BPM
- 1993
- Easy
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 Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) without reading music. The left hand plays waltz roots (root bass · 3/4 quarters), and the right hand sings the tune.
Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) accompaniment in letter notes
The Bbm – Bbsus4 – Bbm – Bbsus4 loop with waltz roots in the left hand. 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 Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
What are the letter notes for the Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) 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 Bbm – Bbsus4 – Bbm – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)?
The loop is Bbm – Bbsus4 – Bbm – Bbsus4 (bii – bIIsus – bii – bIIsus) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) in?
A minor, at about 105 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)?
Waltz roots: root bass · 3/4 quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Poor Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) 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.