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Silent Night: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Franz Gruber
- A major
- 3/4
- 85 BPM
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Silent Night without reading music. The left hand plays lullaby ripple (broken chord 1-5-8-5-8-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz push chords.
The main tune of Silent Night 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.
Silent Night accompaniment in letter notes
The D – D – A – A loop with lullaby ripple in the left hand and waltz push 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 Silent Night
What are the letter notes for the Silent Night 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 D – D – A – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Silent Night?
The loop is D – D – A – A (IV – I – IV – I) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Silent Night in?
A major, at about 85 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Silent Night?
Lullaby ripple: broken chord 1-5-8-5-8-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Silent Night 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Silent Night?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 8 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.