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How to play ...Baby One More Time on piano
- C minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
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Learn ...Baby One More Time in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – G7 – Eb – Fm
How it goes
...Baby One More Time sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; G7 is G, B, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiG7V7EbIIIFmiv- CmC · Eb · G
- G7G · B · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
- FmF · Ab · C
- 2
Left hand: Push and land
How it goes
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.
- 3
Right hand: Lighthouse blink
How it goes
A note and the one above flash in turn, steady as a lighthouse. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: Ab – Bb – Cm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about ...Baby One More Time
What chords are in ...Baby One More Time?
The loop is Cm – G7 – Eb – Fm (i – V7 – bIII – iv) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is ...Baby One More Time in?
C minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in ...Baby One More Time?
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 ...Baby One More Time 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.