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Welcome: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Phil Collins

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Left hand Moon River rollThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Welcome without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Welcome accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – B – Em – B loop with moon river roll in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 2
B
RB3+D#4+F#4
LB2 F#3 D#4
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 4
B
RB3+D#4+F#4 F#4 B4 D#5 F#5 B5 D#6 F#6 B6
LB2 F#3 D#4
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 6
B
RB3+D#4+F#4
LB2 F#3 D#4
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2 G3
Bar 8
B
RB3+D#4+F#4
LB2 F#3 D#4

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 Welcome

What are the letter notes for the Welcome 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 Em – B – Em – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Welcome?

The loop is Em – B – Em – B (i – V – i – V) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Welcome in?

E minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Welcome?

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 Welcome 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.