Better Together Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Better Together 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 – F – Dm – C
Better Together sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C; Dm is D, F and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CVFIDmviCV
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
- DmD · F · A
17 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Bossa sway
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: a gentle Brazilian sway. Musicians call it root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Bossa swayRoot bass rhythm · Bossa novaLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Rocking thirds
Two neighbouring chord notes rocking back and forth, soft and sweet. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Rocking thirdsTwo-note ostinato · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 100 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: Gm – C – F
The last chords are ii – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GmCF
- GmG · Bb · D

What chords are in Better Together?

The loop is C – F – Dm – C (V – I – vi – V) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C – F.

What key is Better Together in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Better Together?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Better Together 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.