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We Cry Out: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jeremy Camp

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords 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 We Cry Out without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

We Cry Out accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – Em – D loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 3
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 7
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3

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 We Cry Out

What are the letter notes for the We Cry Out 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 – G – Em – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in We Cry Out?

The loop is C – G – Em – D (IV – I – vi – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is We Cry Out in?

G major, at about 121 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in We Cry Out?

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 We Cry Out 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.