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How to play Are You Ready For The Summer? on piano
Written by Elmer Bernstein
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 154 BPM
- 1979
- Medium
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Learn Are You Ready For The Summer? in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – Eb – Bb – Bb7
How it goes
Are You Ready For The Summer? sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIIEbIVBbIBb7I7- CC · E · G
- EbEb · G · Bb
- BbBb · D · F
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
How it goes
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Push chords
How it goes
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 154 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: Bb – Cm – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCmBb- CmC · Eb · G
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Questions about Are You Ready For The Summer?
What chords are in Are You Ready For The Summer??
The loop is C – Eb – Bb – Bb7 (II – IV – I – I7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Cm – Bb.
What key is Are You Ready For The Summer? in?
Bb major, at about 154 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Are You Ready For The Summer??
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Are You Ready For The Summer? 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.