Can I Get Your Number Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Can I Get Your Number in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Am – G – C – F
How it goes
Can I Get Your Number sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviGVCIFIV
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
54 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Thunder tremolo
How it goes
An octave shaking fast: thunder and suspense. Musicians call it octave tremolo (tremolo), a tricky pattern heard in 150 songs of the library.
Thunder tremoloTremolo · Film scoreLeft handTricky
3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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: F – G – C
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 Can I Get Your Number?

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

What key is Can I Get Your Number in?

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

What does the left hand play in Can I Get Your Number?

Thunder tremolo: octave tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Can I Get Your Number easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.