All About the Green Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn All About the Green in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Abm – Db7 – Abm – Db7
How it goes
All About the Green sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Abm is Ab, Cb and Eb; Db7 is Db, F, Ab and Cb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbmiDb7IV7AbmiDb7IV7
- AbmAb · Cb · Eb
- Db7Db · F · Ab · Cb
21 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Busy-bee pulse
How it goes
Busy and bouncy, with pushes before beat 3 and at the very end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 176 songs of the library.
Busy-bee pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 120 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.
5
Ending: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- AbAb · C · Eb

What chords are in All About the Green?

The loop is Abm – Db7 – Abm – Db7 (i – IV7 – i – IV7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is All About the Green in?

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

What does the left hand play in All About the Green?

Busy-bee pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is All About the Green 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.