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Where Are You Christmas?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Will Jennings, James Horner & others

  • Bb major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 2000
  • Easy
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Left hand Drowsy heartbeatRight hand Steady chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Where Are You Christmas? without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand steady chords.

The intro of Where Are You Christmas? in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RF6 Eb6 D6
LG4 Bb4 Eb5 Bb4 Eb5 Bb4 G4 Eb5
Bar 2
F
RC6 F5 C5 D5 Eb5
LA4 C5 F5 C5 C5 F5
Bar 3
Bb
RD5 F5 D6 F5 C6 F5 D6
LBb4 Bb4
Bar 4
F
RC6 F6
LA4 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5

Where Are You Christmas? accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – F – Bb – F loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2

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 Where Are You Christmas?

What are the letter notes for the Where Are You Christmas? 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 Eb – F – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Where Are You Christmas??

The loop is Eb – F – Bb – F (IV – V – I – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Where Are You Christmas? in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Where Are You Christmas??

Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Where Are You Christmas? 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Where Are You Christmas??

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.