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How to play Bless The Beasts And Children on piano
By Carpenters
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- Medium
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Learn Bless The Beasts And Children in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Eb – Ebm – F7
How it goes
Bless The Beasts And Children sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Ebm is Eb, Gb and Bb; F7 is F, A, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIEbVEbmvF7VI7- AbAb · C · Eb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- EbmEb · Gb · Bb
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- 2
Left hand: Bossa sway
How it goes
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: a gentle Brazilian sway. Musicians call it root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-skip chords
How it goes
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 80 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: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb- DbDb · F · Ab
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Questions about Bless The Beasts And Children
What chords are in Bless The Beasts And Children?
The loop is Ab – Eb – Ebm – F7 (I – V – v – VI7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Bless The Beasts And Children in?
Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Bless The Beasts And Children?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bless The Beasts And Children easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.