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When He Reached Down His Hand For Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Johnny Cash
- E major
- 3/4
- 116 BPM
- V7–I–I7–IV loop
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 He Reached Down His Hand For Me without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.
When He Reached Down His Hand For Me accompaniment in letter notes
The B7 – E – E7 – A loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells 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 He Reached Down His Hand For Me
What are the letter notes for the When He Reached Down His Hand For Me 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 B7 – E – E7 – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When He Reached Down His Hand For Me?
The loop is B7 – E – E7 – A (V7 – I – I7 – IV) in E major, and the song ends on E – A – E.
What key is When He Reached Down His Hand For Me in?
E major, at about 116 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in When He Reached Down His Hand For Me?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When He Reached Down His Hand For Me 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.