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The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Gene Autry
- Eb major
- 3/4
- 149 BPM
- 1951
- 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 The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.
The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Cm – F7 – Bb7 loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells 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 Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is
What are the letter notes for the The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is 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 – Cm – F7 – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is?
The loop is Eb – Cm – F7 – Bb7 (I – vi – II7 – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on F7 – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is in?
Eb major, at about 149 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is 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.