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World In Union: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Gustav Holst

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Left hand Over-the-hillThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 World In Union without reading music. The left hand plays over-the-hill (broken chord 1-5-3-1), and the right hand sings the tune.

World In Union accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb loop with over-the-hill in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D3 Bb2
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G2 Eb2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D3 Bb2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb2 Bb2 G2 Eb2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D3 Bb2
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G2 Eb2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D3 Bb2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G2 Eb2

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 World In Union

What are the letter notes for the World In Union 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 Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in World In Union?

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

What key is World In Union in?

Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in World In Union?

Over-the-hill: broken chord 1-5-3-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is World In Union 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.