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The Gospel: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Gospel without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand ticking clock.

The Gospel accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Fm – Cm – Ab loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Fm
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 3
Cm
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 5
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Fm
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 7
Cm
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3

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 Gospel

What are the letter notes for the The Gospel 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 – Fm – Cm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Gospel?

The loop is Eb – Fm – Cm – Ab (I – ii – vi – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is The Gospel in?

Eb major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Gospel?

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Gospel 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.