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How to play Beautiful Goodbye on piano
Written by Adam Levine, Benjamin Levin & others
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Beautiful Goodbye in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bb – Ebsus4 – Gm – Bb
How it goes
Beautiful Goodbye sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Ebsus4 is Eb, Ab and Bb; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIEbsus4IVsus4GmviBbI- BbBb · D · F
- Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
How it goes
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Offbeat skank
How it goes
Chords only on the “and”: reggae and swing. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 84 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: Eb – F – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb- EbEb · G · Bb
- FF · A · C
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Questions about Beautiful Goodbye
What chords are in Beautiful Goodbye?
The loop is Bb – Ebsus4 – Gm – Bb (I – IVsus – vi – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Beautiful Goodbye in?
Bb major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Beautiful Goodbye?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Beautiful Goodbye 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.