A Boy Needs A Dog Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn A Boy Needs A Dog in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A – D – A – D
A Boy Needs A Dog sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIDIVAIDIV
- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Waltz ripple
A ripple of three notes in three-time. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4) (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 473 songs of the library.
Waltz rippleBroken chord · WaltzLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Spinning-top chords
Six even chords in a three-beat bar, spinning round and round. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Spinning-top chordsSyncopated chords · WaltzRight handMedium
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Both hands at 120 BPM
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: A – D – A
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in A Boy Needs A Dog?

The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on A – D – A.

What key is A Boy Needs A Dog in?

A major, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in A Boy Needs A Dog?

Waltz ripple: broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Boy Needs A Dog 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.