Piano chords · Blues & boogie

How to play Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino) on piano

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Learn Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F#m7 – F#m7 – Bm7 – F#m7
How it goes
Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino) sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m7 is F#, A, C# and E; Bm7 is B, D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#m7vi7F#m7vi7Bm7ii7F#m7vi7
- F#m7F# · A · C# · E
- Bm7B · D · F# · A
384 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Velvet jazz
How it goes
Two soft notes on each beat: the cozy colour of old jazz ballads. Musicians call it lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3) (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Velvet jazzLeft-hand chords · Blues and boogie-woogieLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Dreamy flicker
How it goes
Two notes flicker with a soft, dreamy, slightly bluesy colour. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Dreamy flickerTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 123 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: G – D – A
How it goes
The last chords are bVII – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GDA
- GG · B · D
- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E

What chords are in Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino)?

The loop is F#m7 – F#m7 – Bm7 – F#m7 (vi7 – ii7 – vi7 – ii7) in A major, and the song ends on G – D – A.

What key is Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino) in?

A major, at about 123 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino)?

Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino) 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino)?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.