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There’s A Kind Of Hush: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Carpenters
- D major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1966
- 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 There’s A Kind Of Hush without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.
The repeating figure of There’s A Kind Of Hush 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.
There’s A Kind Of Hush accompaniment in letter notes
The D – F# – Bm – D7 loop with push and land in the left hand and freeze-tag 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 There’s A Kind Of Hush
What are the letter notes for the There’s A Kind Of Hush 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 D – F# – Bm – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There’s A Kind Of Hush?
The loop is D – F# – Bm – D7 (I – III – vi – I7) in D major, and the song ends on D – A – D.
What key is There’s A Kind Of Hush in?
D major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in There’s A Kind Of Hush?
Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There’s A Kind Of Hush 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.
Can I hear the real melody of There’s A Kind Of Hush?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.