Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Call It What You Want on piano

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Learn Call It What You Want in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – A – E – D
How it goes
Call It What You Want sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E; E is E, G# and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
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- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- EE · G# · B
87 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hop-skip heartbeat
How it goes
Three steps, then a quick hop that skips right over beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 250 songs of the library.
Hop-skip heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 160 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.
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Ending: D – E – A
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in Call It What You Want?

The loop is D – A – E – D (IV – I – V – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Call It What You Want in?

A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Call It What You Want?

Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Call It What You Want 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.