Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Better Is One Day on piano
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1995
- Medium
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Learn Better Is One Day in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Dsus4 – D – D
How it goes
Better Is One Day sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Dsus4 is D, G and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIDsus4Isus4DIDI- DD · F# · A
- Dsus4D · G · A
- 2
Left hand: Eager heartbeat
How it goes
Jumps in early on the “and” before beat 3, like it can’t wait. Musicians call it root bass · pop push 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 403 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Stepping-down taps
How it goes
A late start, three taps on one note, then three on a lower one. 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: D – Dsus4 – D
How it goes
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DDsus4D
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Questions about Better Is One Day
What chords are in Better Is One Day?
The loop is D – Dsus4 – D – D (I5 – Isus – I – I5) in D major, and the song ends on D – Dsus4 – D.
What key is Better Is One Day in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Better Is One Day?
Eager heartbeat: root bass · pop push 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Better Is One Day 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.