Before The Night Ends Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Before The Night Ends in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – D – Em – C
Before The Night Ends sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIVDVEmviCIV
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
55 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Open sky
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
Open skyOpen arpeggio · BalladLeft handMedium
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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 112 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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Before The Night Ends?

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

What key is Before The Night Ends in?

G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Before The Night Ends?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Before The Night Ends 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.