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How to play Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade) on piano

By Sunny Hilden

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Learn Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Cm – Bb – Eb – Gm
How it goes
Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade) sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiiBbIEbIVGmvi
- CmC · Eb · G
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
- GmG · Bb · D
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Left hand: Hurrying footsteps
How it goes
Calm steps in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 642 songs of the library.
Hurrying footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Swing push
How it goes
Three chords tumble out early with a swing, then the bar breathes. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Swing pushSyncopated chords · Blues and boogie-woogieRight handEasy
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.
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Ending: Eb – F – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb
- FF · A · C

What chords are in Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade)?

The loop is Cm – Bb – Eb – Gm (ii – I – IV – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade) in?

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

What does the left hand play in Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade)?

Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Come Away With Me (Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade) 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.