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When Christmas Comes Around: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Matt Terry
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- I–V–vi–V loop
- 2016
- Medium
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 When Christmas Comes Around without reading music. The left hand plays tiptoe seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5-5) and the right hand lighthouse blink.
When Christmas Comes Around accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Gm – F loop with tiptoe seesaw in the left hand and lighthouse blink 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 When Christmas Comes Around
What are the letter notes for the When Christmas Comes Around 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 Bb – F – Gm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When Christmas Comes Around?
The loop is Bb – F – Gm – F (I – V – vi – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Gm – F – Bb.
What key is When Christmas Comes Around in?
Bb major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When Christmas Comes Around?
Tiptoe seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When Christmas Comes Around 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.