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Kansas piano songs

7 songs by Kansas, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as pop piano, blues and boogie-woogie piano and rock piano.

Dust In The WindKansas

Carry On Wayward SonKansas

All I WantedKansas

Fight Fire With FireKansas

Every Kansas song

Dust In The WindC major · 4/4 · vi–II–V–vi
Carry On Wayward SonC major · 4/4 · vi–V–IV–V
All I WantedBb major · 4/4 · I–IV–I–IV
Fight Fire With FireC major · 4/4 · VI–vii–VI–vii
Hold OnC major · 6/8 · I–II–vi–II
Song For AmericaA major · 4/4 · IV–V–IV–V
The WallE major · 4/4 · bVI–bVII–I–ii

How Kansas is played

Pop pianoThe bounce under a thousand radio hits.
Blues and boogie-woogie pianoSwinging left hands from the 1950s.
Rock pianoEighth notes that push like an engine.
The vi–V–IV–V loop33 songs use it
The I–IV–I–IV loop782 songs use it
The IV–V–IV–V loop96 songs use it

Questions about Kansas on piano

What are the easiest Kansas songs to play on piano?

Start with Dust In The Wind, Carry On Wayward Son and Song For America: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are Kansas songs in?

Most often C major, Bb major and A major.

Which chord progressions do Kansas songs use?

vi–V–IV–V, I–IV–I–IV and IV–V–IV–V come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.