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That’s Why I Pray: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Danelle Leverett Reeves, Blair Daly & others
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V–IV–I loop
- 2012
- 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 That’s Why I Pray without reading music. The left hand plays bubbly heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand steady chords.
That’s Why I Pray accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Eb – Db – Ab loop with bubbly heartbeat in the left hand and steady 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 Why I Pray
What are the letter notes for the That’s Why I Pray 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 Ab – Eb – Db – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in That’s Why I Pray?
The loop is Ab – Eb – Db – Ab (I – V – IV – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Db – Ab.
What key is That’s Why I Pray in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in That’s Why I Pray?
Bubbly heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is That’s Why I Pray 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.