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How to play These Days on piano

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Learn These Days in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

1
Chords: D – Em – C – D
How it goes
These Days sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Em is E, G and B; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DVEmviCIVDV
- DD · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- CC · E · G
23 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Island pulse
How it goes
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Island pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Push chords
How it goes
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Push chordsSyncopated chords · RockRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 120 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
5
Ending: C – D – G
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG
- GG · B · D

What chords are in These Days?

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

What key is These Days in?

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

What does the left hand play in These Days?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is These Days 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.