Songwriter
Walter Donaldson piano songs
5 songs by Walter Donaldson, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as blues and boogie-woogie piano, rock piano and pop piano.
Every Walter Donaldson song
How Walter Donaldson is played
Questions about Walter Donaldson on piano
What are the easiest Walter Donaldson songs to play on piano?
Start with How ’ya Gonna Keep ’em Down On The Farm? (After They’ve Seen Paree), Makin' Whoopee! and Yes Sir, That’s My Baby: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.
What keys are Walter Donaldson songs in?
Most often Eb major, Bb major and G major.
Which chord progressions do Walter Donaldson songs use?
I–II7–V7–I, V7–I–biio–ii and I–biiio–ii–V7 come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.