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How to play Children Of The Wind on piano
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- G major
- 3/4
- 100 BPM
- I–IV–V–I loop
- 1986
- Medium
Learn Children Of The Wind in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G – C – D – G
Children Of The Wind sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GICIVDVGI- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
- 2
Left hand: Spinning-top pulse
Six even low notes in a three-beat bar, spinning round and round. Musicians call it root bass · 3/4 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 87 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
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
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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG
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Questions about Children Of The Wind
What chords are in Children Of The Wind?
The loop is G – C – D – G (I – IV – V – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Children Of The Wind in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Children Of The Wind?
Spinning-top pulse: root bass · 3/4 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Children Of The Wind 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.