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Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Dave Brubeck
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 145 BPM
- I–vi–ii–V7 loop
- Medium
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 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
What are the letter notes for the Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 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 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town?
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 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town in?
Eb major, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.