Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Anytime on piano
By Herbert Happy Lawson
- A minor
- 4/4
- 70 BPM
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Anytime in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – G – D – Em
How it goes
Anytime sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D; D is D, F# and A; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiGVIIDIVEmv- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
- DD · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Galloping heartbeat
How it goes
Ta-DUM, ta-DUM: quick pickups into beats 2 and 4, like hooves. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 115 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pop stabs
How it goes
Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 70 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: F – G – Am
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm- FF · A · C
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Questions about Anytime
What chords are in Anytime?
The loop is Am – G – D – Em (i – bVII – IV – v) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Anytime in?
A minor, at about 70 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Anytime?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Anytime 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.