Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Come Blow Your Horn on piano
- G major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 1962
- Medium
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Learn Come Blow Your Horn in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G – Bm – Bbm – A#dim
How it goes
Come Blow Your Horn sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Bm is B, D and F#; Bbm is Bb, Db and F; A#dim is A#, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIBmiiiBbmbiiiA#dimbiii°- GG · B · D
- BmB · D · F#
- BbmBb · Db · F
- A#dimA# · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
How it goes
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.
- 3
Right hand: Hand-clap chords
How it goes
Rests on beat 1, then clap-clap on 2 and one more clap on 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: C – D – G
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
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Questions about Come Blow Your Horn
What chords are in Come Blow Your Horn?
The loop is G – Bm – Bbm – A#dim (I – iii – biii – biiio) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Come Blow Your Horn in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Come Blow Your Horn?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Come Blow Your Horn 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.