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How to play Bird Set Free on piano
By Sia
- F minor
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- 2016
- Medium
Learn Bird Set Free in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Fm – Ab – Db – Ab
Bird Set Free sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Fm is F, Ab and C; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FmiAbIIIDbVIAbIII- FmF · Ab · C
- AbAb · C · Eb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Twinkle
Two notes twinkling back and forth. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 150 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.
- 5
Ending: Db – Eb – Fm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbFm- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Bird Set Free
What chords are in Bird Set Free?
The loop is Fm – Ab – Db – Ab (i – bIII – bVI – bIII) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is Bird Set Free in?
F minor, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Bird Set Free?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bird Set Free 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.