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Winter Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- i–bVII–bIII–bVI loop
- 2008
- Medium
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 Winter Song without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
Winter Song accompaniment in letter notes
The Bbm – Ab – Db – Gb loop with push and land in the left hand and deep-breath 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 Winter Song
What are the letter notes for the Winter Song 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 Bbm – Ab – Db – Gb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Winter Song?
The loop is Bbm – Ab – Db – Gb (i – bVII – bIII – bVI) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.
What key is Winter Song in?
Bb minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Winter Song?
Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Winter Song 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.