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How to play Alone Here With You on piano
By Maury Yeston
- F major
- 3/4
- 78 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
Learn Alone Here With You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – A – Dm – G
Alone Here With You sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; A is A, C# and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmviAIIIDmviGII- DmD · F · A
- AA · C# · E
- GG · B · D
- 2
Left hand: Waltzing tide
Five notes roll up wide and high, then hold, in a slow three. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12 (3/4) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 68 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 78 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.
- 5
Ending: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
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Questions about Alone Here With You
What chords are in Alone Here With You?
The loop is Dm – A – Dm – G (vi – III – vi – II) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Alone Here With You in?
F major, at about 78 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Alone Here With You?
Waltzing tide: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Alone Here With You 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.