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How to play Blackberry Winter on piano

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Learn Blackberry Winter in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Dm – Gm – C7 – F
Blackberry Winter sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; Gm is G, Bb and D; C7 is C, E, G and Bb; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmviGmiiC7V7FI
- DmD · F · A
- GmG · Bb · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
- FF · A · C
35 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Pausing chords
Three steady chords, then beat 4 left empty to breathe. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pausing chordsBlock chords · ClassicalRight handEasy
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Both hands at 75 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: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF
- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G

What chords are in Blackberry Winter?

The loop is Dm – Gm – C7 – F (vi – ii – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Blackberry Winter in?

F major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Blackberry Winter?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Blackberry Winter 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.