Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Lowell Mason
- F major
- 4/4
- 118 BPM
- I–IV–I–ii loop
- Medium
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 Survey The Wondrous Cross without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand soft chords.
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Bb – F – Gm loop with open sky in the left hand and soft chords 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 I Survey The Wondrous Cross
What are the letter notes for the When I Survey The Wondrous Cross 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 F – Bb – F – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When I Survey The Wondrous Cross?
The loop is F – Bb – F – Gm (I – IV – I – ii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is When I Survey The Wondrous Cross in?
F major, at about 118 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When I Survey The Wondrous Cross?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When I Survey The Wondrous Cross 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.