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How to play Dangerously In Love on piano
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- D minor
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- i–bVII–bVI–V7 loop
- Medium
Learn Dangerously In Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – C – Bb – A7
Dangerously In Love sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; C is C, E and G; Bb is Bb, D and F; A7 is A, C#, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmiCVIIBbVIA7V7- DmD · F · A
- CC · E · G
- BbBb · D · F
- A7A · C# · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Swinging lantern
Two notes far apart swing back and forth like a lantern in the wind. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 110 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.
- 5
Ending: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm
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Questions about Dangerously In Love
What chords are in Dangerously In Love?
The loop is Dm – C – Bb – A7 (i – bVII – bVI – V7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Dangerously In Love in?
D minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Dangerously In Love?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Dangerously In Love 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.