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The Exodus Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Pat Boone

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1961
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsThe right hand sings the tuneChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 The Exodus Song without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.

The main tune of The Exodus Song 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.

Bar 1
Cm → F
REb3+G3+C4 G4 A3+C4+F4 C4
LC2+G2 F2+C3
Bar 2
Bb7 → Cm
RAb3+C4+Eb4 F4 Bb3+D4 Bb3 G3+C4 G4
LAb2+Eb3 Bb2+F3 C3+Eb3
Bar 3
Gm → Cm7
RBb3+D4+Bb4 A4 Bb3+Eb4+Bb4 C5 A3+C4+A4 F4
LG2+G2 D3 G3 Eb2+Bb2+G3 F2+C3+F3
Bar 4
G → Gm
RG3+B3+D4+G4 G4 D4+Bb4 D5
LG2+D3 G1+G2 G2+D3+Bb3

The Exodus Song accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – F – Bb7 – Cm – Gm – Cm7 – G – Gm loop with power fifths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm → F
RC4+Eb4+G4 F4+A4+C5
LC3+G3 C3+G3 F3
Bar 2
Bb7 → Cm
RBb3+D4+F4 C4+Eb4+G4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 C4
Bar 3
Gm → Cm7
RG4+Bb4+D5 C4+Eb4+G4
LG2+D3 G2+D3 C4
Bar 4
G → Gm
RG4+B4+D5 Bb6 G6 D6 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LG2+D3 G2+D3 G3
Bar 5
Cm → F
RC4+Eb4+G4 F4+A4+C5
LC3+G3 C3+G3 F3
Bar 6
Bb7 → Cm
RBb3+D4+F4 C4+Eb4+G4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 C4
Bar 7
Gm → Cm7
RG4+Bb4+D5 C4+Eb4+G4
LG2+D3 G2+D3 C4
Bar 8
G → Gm
RG4+B4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2+D3 G2+D3 G3

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 The Exodus Song

What are the letter notes for the The Exodus Song 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 Cm – F – Bb7 – Cm – Gm – Cm7 – G – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Exodus Song?

The loop is Cm – F – Bb7 – Cm – Gm – Cm7 – G – Gm (i – IV – VII7 – i – v – i7 – V – v) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is The Exodus Song in?

C minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Exodus Song?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Exodus Song easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of The Exodus Song?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.