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What Child Is This?: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Traditional
- D minor
- 3/4
- 120 BPM
- i–IV–i–IV loop
- Medium
What Child Is This? written out as piano music: the i – IV – i – IV loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays swan glide (broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.
What Child Is This? chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dm | i | D F A |
| 2 | G | IV | G B D |
| 3 | Dm | i | D F A |
| 4 | G | IV | G B D |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: swan glide (broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4)) in the left hand and waltz bells in the right, over the Dm – G – Dm – G chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about What Child Is This?
Does the sheet music for What Child Is This? have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in What Child Is This??
The loop is Dm – G – Dm – G (i – IV – i – IV) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is What Child Is This? in?
D minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in What Child Is This??
Swan glide: broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Child Is This? 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.