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Billy Strayhorn piano songs
5 songs by Billy Strayhorn, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as rock piano, blues and boogie-woogie piano and stride piano.
Every Billy Strayhorn song
How Billy Strayhorn is played
Questions about Billy Strayhorn on piano
What are the easiest Billy Strayhorn songs to play on piano?
Start with A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing, Johnny Come Lately and Peanut Brittle Brigade (From The Nutcracker Suite): their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.
What keys are Billy Strayhorn songs in?
Most often Db major, C major and G minor.
Which chord progressions do Billy Strayhorn songs use?
ii–V7–I–ii and V7–I–VI7–ii come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.