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The Lord Is My Shepherd: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Keith Green & Melody Green
- G major
- 3/4
- 121 BPM
- 1982
- 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 The Lord Is My Shepherd without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.
The Lord Is My Shepherd accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Am – C – Am loop with moon river roll in the left hand and sleepy waltz 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 The Lord Is My Shepherd
What are the letter notes for the The Lord Is My Shepherd 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 C – Am – C – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Lord Is My Shepherd?
The loop is C – Am – C – Am (IV – ii – IV – ii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is The Lord Is My Shepherd in?
G major, at about 121 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in The Lord Is My Shepherd?
Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Lord Is My Shepherd 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.