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Put A Little Love In Your Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers & others

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Left hand Velvet jazzRight hand Run-up 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 Put A Little Love In Your Heart without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand run-up chords.

Put A Little Love In Your Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and run-up chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LG2+Db3 G2+Eb3 G2+Db3 G2+Eb3
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4
Bar 3
Fm
RAb4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5
LAb2+Eb3 Ab2+F3 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+F3
Bar 4
Bb7
RD4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db5 D5 F5 G5 F5 D5 Db5 Bb4
LD3+Ab3 D3+Bb3 D3+Ab3 D3+Bb3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LG2+Db3 G2+Eb3 G2+Db3 G2+Eb3
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4
Bar 7
Fm
RAb4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5
LAb2+Eb3 Ab2+F3 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+F3
Bar 8
Bb7
RD4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4
LD3+Ab3 D3+Bb3 D3+Ab3 D3+Bb3

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 Put A Little Love In Your Heart

What are the letter notes for the Put A Little Love In Your Heart 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 – Cm – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Put A Little Love In Your Heart?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 (I – vi – ii – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Put A Little Love In Your Heart in?

Eb major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Put A Little Love In Your Heart?

Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Put A Little Love In Your Heart 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.