Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Turning Page on piano
Written by Ryan Curtis O’Neal
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 2011
- Medium
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Learn Turning Page in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb7
How it goes
Turning Page sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviAbIVEbIBb7V7- CmC · Eb · G
- AbAb · C · Eb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Marching giant
How it goes
Thick three-note chords on every beat, rocking between two shapes. Musicians call it lh triads (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rising bubbles
How it goes
Three notes float up again and again, each time starting just off the beat. 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about Turning Page
What chords are in Turning Page?
The loop is Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb7 (vi – IV – I – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Turning Page in?
Eb major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Turning Page?
Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Turning Page 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.