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How to play Ink on piano

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Learn Ink in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: B – F# – C# – D#m
How it goes
Ink sits in F# major: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: B is B, D# and F#; F# is F#, A# and C#; C# is C#, E# and G#; D#m is D#, F# and A#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BIVF#IC#VD#mvi
- BB · D# · F#
- F#F# · A# · C#
- C#C# · E# · G#
- D#mD# · F# · A#
141 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Hurry-and-wait pulse
How it goes
Three quick notes rush out early, then the bass waits for the next bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 336 songs of the library.
Hurry-and-wait pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 110 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: B – C# – F#
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BC#F#

What chords are in Ink?

The loop is B – F# – C# – D#m (IV – I – V – vi) in F# major, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.

What key is Ink in?

F# major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Ink?

Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Ink 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.