Piano chords · Old-time stride
Will The Circle Be Unbroken: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Charles H. Gabriel
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- IV–I–ii–I loop
- 2014
- 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 Will The Circle Be Unbroken without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand late-knock chords.
Will The Circle Be Unbroken accompaniment in letter notes
The Db – Ab – Bbm – Ab loop with stride jumps in the left hand and late-knock 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 Will The Circle Be Unbroken
What are the letter notes for the Will The Circle Be Unbroken 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 Db – Ab – Bbm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
The loop is Db – Ab – Bbm – Ab (IV – I – ii – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Bbm – Eb7 – Ab.
What key is Will The Circle Be Unbroken in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Will The Circle Be Unbroken 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.