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When I Pray For You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney & others

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 2017
  • Easy
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Left hand Knock-knock footstepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 I Pray For You without reading music. The left hand plays knock-knock footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

When I Pray For You accompaniment in letter notes

The D – Asus4 – Bm – D loop with knock-knock footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 2
Asus4
RA3+D4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 3
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 4
D
RD4+F#4+A4 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LD2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 5
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 6
Asus4
RA3+D4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 7
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 8
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 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 When I Pray For You

What are the letter notes for the When I Pray For You 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 D – Asus4 – Bm – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in When I Pray For You?

The loop is D – Asus4 – Bm – D (I – Vsus – vi – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is When I Pray For You in?

D major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in When I Pray For You?

Knock-knock footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When I Pray For You 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.