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How to play A Thousand Miles From Nowhere on piano

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Learn A Thousand Miles From Nowhere in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Am – C – Am – F
A Thousand Miles From Nowhere sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviCIAmviFIV
- AmA · C · E
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
135 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Push and land
A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Push and landRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Groovy chords
Chords jump around the “ands” for a funky, dancing feel. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Groovy chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 100 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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- GG · B · D

What chords are in A Thousand Miles From Nowhere?

The loop is Am – C – Am – F (vi – I – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is A Thousand Miles From Nowhere in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Thousand Miles From Nowhere?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Thousand Miles From Nowhere 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 A Thousand Miles From Nowhere?

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

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