Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Ready For Love on piano
Written by Blue Miller & India Arie
- E minor
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 2001
- Medium
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Learn Ready For Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bsus4 – B – Em – D
How it goes
Ready For Love sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bsus4 is B, E and F#; B is B, D# and F#; Em is E, G and B; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Bsus4Vsus4BVEmiDVII- Bsus4B · E · F#
- BB · D# · F#
- EmE · G · B
- DD · F# · A
- 2
Left hand: River roll
How it goes
Flows up five notes with a little step near the top, like a river. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 242 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Steady chords
How it goes
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 60 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 – Em
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm- CC · E · G
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Questions about Ready For Love
What chords are in Ready For Love?
The loop is Bsus4 – B – Em – D (Vsus – V – i – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Ready For Love in?
E minor, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ready For Love?
River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ready For Love 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.