Be Lifted High Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Be Lifted High in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – C – G – C
Be Lifted High sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DVCIVGICIV
- DD · F# · A
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
14 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Three-step climb
Root, fifth, octave, then let it ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Three-step climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Double-skip chords
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Double-skip chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 72 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.
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Ending: G – C – G
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GCG

What chords are in Be Lifted High?

The loop is D – C – G – C (V – IV – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.

What key is Be Lifted High in?

G major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Be Lifted High?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Be Lifted High 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.