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Word Of Life: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jeremy Camp, Ethan Hulse & others

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 106 BPM
  • 2017
  • Medium
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Jump-in chordsChords 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 Word Of Life without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand jump-in chords.

Word Of Life accompaniment in letter notes

The D – Em – Csus4 – G loop with walking roots in the left hand and jump-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 2
Em
RB4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 3
Csus4
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 4
G
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5 A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 6
Em
RB4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5 B4+E5
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 7
Csus4
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 8
G
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G3

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 Word Of Life

What are the letter notes for the Word Of Life 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 – Em – Csus4 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Word Of Life?

The loop is D – Em – Csus4 – G (V – vi – IVsus – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Word Of Life in?

G major, at about 106 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Word Of Life?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Word Of Life 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.