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How to play Come Talk To Me on piano

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Learn Come Talk To Me in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – Bb – F – Bb
Come Talk To Me sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIBbIVFIBbIV
- FF · A · C
- BbBb · D · F
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hopscotch steps
Step, step, skip a beat, step: like hopping over a square. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 668 songs of the library.
Hopscotch stepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Ticking clock
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 80 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: Dm – Bb – F
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DmBbF
- DmD · F · A

What chords are in Come Talk To Me?

The loop is F – Bb – F – Bb (I – IV – I – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Dm – Bb – F.

What key is Come Talk To Me in?

F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Come Talk To Me?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Come Talk To Me 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.