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How to play Origin Of Love on piano

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Learn Origin Of Love in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – G – Am – F
How it goes
Origin Of Love sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIGVAmviFIV
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
266 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Dawdling footsteps
How it goes
Two steps, then a lazy late note after beat 3 that catches up on 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 222 songs of the library.
Dawdling footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Jump-in chords
How it goes
Jumps in just after beat 1, pumps through, and stops before the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Jump-in chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 160 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.
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Ending: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC

What chords are in Origin Of Love?

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

What key is Origin Of Love in?

C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Origin Of Love?

Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Origin Of 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.