Piano chords · Old-time stride
Waiting At The Church: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Betty Grable
- C major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 1906
- Easy
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 Waiting At The Church without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride), and the right hand sings the tune.
Waiting At The Church accompaniment in letter notes
The D7 – G – G7 – C loop with stride jumps in the left hand. 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 Waiting At The Church
What are the letter notes for the Waiting At The Church 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 D7 – G – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Waiting At The Church?
The loop is D7 – G – G7 – C (II7 – V – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.
What key is Waiting At The Church in?
C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Waiting At The Church?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Waiting At The Church 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.