Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Amazing on piano
Written by Emile Stern
- G minor
- 3/2
- 96 BPM
- 1962
- Medium
Learn Amazing in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Gm – D – Ddim – G7
Amazing sits in G minor: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; D is D, F# and A; Ddim is D, F and Ab; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmiDVDdimv°G7I7- GmG · Bb · D
- DD · F# · A
- DdimD · F · Ab
- G7G · B · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Shimmering waves
A low root, then two notes rocking fast like light on water. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 58 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 96 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: Eb – F – Gm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFGm- EbEb · G · Bb
- FF · A · C
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Questions about Amazing
What chords are in Amazing?
The loop is Gm – D – Ddim – G7 (i – V – vo – I7) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Amazing in?
G minor, at about 96 beats a minute in 3/2.
What does the left hand play in Amazing?
Shimmering waves: open arpeggio 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Amazing 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.