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That’s What I Want for Christmas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Nancy Wilson
- A major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–vi–ii–V7 loop
- Easy
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 That’s What I Want for Christmas without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand marching chords.
That’s What I Want for Christmas accompaniment in letter notes
The A – F#m – Bm – E7 loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and marching 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 That’s What I Want for Christmas
What are the letter notes for the That’s What I Want for 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 A – F#m – Bm – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in That’s What I Want for Christmas?
The loop is A – F#m – Bm – E7 (I – vi – ii – V7) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is That’s What I Want for Christmas in?
A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in That’s What I Want for Christmas?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is That’s What I Want for 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.