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How to play A Puro Dolor on piano

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Learn A Puro Dolor 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 – C – Bb – F
A Puro Dolor sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVCIBbbVIIFIV
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- BbBb · D · F
39 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Island pulse
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Island pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Jump-in chords
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 140 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: C – F – C
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CFC

What chords are in A Puro Dolor?

The loop is F – C – Bb – F (IV – I – bVII – IV) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.

What key is A Puro Dolor in?

C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in A Puro Dolor?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Puro Dolor 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.