A House Is Not A Home Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn A House Is Not A Home 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 – F7 – F – Bb – Am7 – Dm7 – F7
How it goes
A House Is Not A Home sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 7 chords: F is F, A and C; F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Am7 is A, C, E and G; Dm7 is D, F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIF7I7FIBbIVAm7iii7Dm7vi7F7I7
- FF · A · C
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- Am7A · C · E · G
- Dm7D · F · A · C
52 songs go round the same chords
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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
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Right hand: Double-skip chords
How it goes
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Double-skip chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 92 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: Bb – C – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF
- CC · E · G

What chords are in A House Is Not A Home?

The loop is F – F7 – F – Bb – Am7 – Dm7 – F7 (I – I7 – I – IV – iii7 – vi7 – I7) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is A House Is Not A Home in?

F major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A House Is Not A Home?

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 A House Is Not A Home easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of A House Is Not A Home?

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