Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Beneath Your Beautiful on piano
By Labrinth Featuring Emeli Sande
- D major
- 4/4
- 86 BPM
- I–ii–IV–V loop
- 2012
- Medium
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Learn Beneath Your Beautiful in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Em – G – A
How it goes
Beneath Your Beautiful sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Em is E, G and B; G is G, B and D; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIEmiiGIVAV- DD · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Hopping heartbeat
How it goes
Quick hops into the middle of the bar, then a rest on beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2& · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 143 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 86 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: G – A – D
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAD
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Questions about Beneath Your Beautiful
What chords are in Beneath Your Beautiful?
The loop is D – Em – G – A (I – ii – IV – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Beneath Your Beautiful in?
D major, at about 86 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Beneath Your Beautiful?
Hopping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2& · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Beneath Your Beautiful 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.