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How to play Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep on piano
- C major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 1952
- Medium
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Learn Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – Em – Fmaj7 – F7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – F7 – Em7 – Dm7 – E7
How it goes
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 10 chords: Am is A, C and E; Em is E, G and B; Fmaj7 is F, A, C and E; F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Em7 is E, G, B and D; Dm7 is D, F, A and C; E7 is E, G#, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviEmiiiFmaj7IVmaj7F7IV7Em7iii7Fmaj7IVmaj7F7IV7Em7iii7Dm7ii7E7III7- AmA · C · E
- EmE · G · B
- Fmaj7F · A · C · E
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- Em7E · G · B · D
- Dm7D · F · A · C
- E7E · G# · B · D
- 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: Soft chords
How it goes
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 84 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 – F – C
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CFC- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
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Questions about Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
What chords are in Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep?
The loop is Am – Em – Fmaj7 – F7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – F7 – Em7 – Dm7 – E7 (vi – iii – IVmaj7 – IV7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – IV7 – iii7 – ii7 – III7) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep in?
C major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 10 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.