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Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord): piano accompaniment sheet music
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 70 BPM
- 1938
- Medium
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Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord) written out as piano music: the I – I7 – IV – #ivo loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays waltz stride (stride (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.
Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord) chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 2 | Ab7 | I7 | Ab C Eb Gb |
| 3 | Db | IV | Db F Ab |
| 4 | Ddim | #iv° | D F Ab |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: waltz stride (stride (3/4)) in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right, over the Ab – Ab7 – Db – Ddim chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord)
Does the sheet music for Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord) have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord)?
The loop is Ab – Ab7 – Db – Ddim (I – I7 – IV – #ivo) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Bbm – Ab.
What key is Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord) in?
Ab major, at about 70 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord)?
Waltz stride: stride (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord) 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.