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How to play Decarisimo on piano

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Learn Decarisimo 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 – G#dim – Gm – C7
Decarisimo sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; G#dim is G#, B and D; Gm is G, Bb and D; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIG#dimbiii°GmiiC7V7
- FF · A · C
- G#dimG# · B · D
- GmG · Bb · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
24 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Kangaroo leaps
Bass, high chord, bass, high chord, fast: the hand leaps like a kangaroo. Musicians call it stride (2/4) (stride & boom-chick), a tricky pattern heard in 107 songs of the library.
Kangaroo leapsStride & boom-chick · StrideLeft handTricky
3
Right hand: Marching chords
Two chords per bar, left-right, like a happy little march. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Marching chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 85 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: Gm – C7 – F
The last chords are ii – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GmC7F

What chords are in Decarisimo?

The loop is F – G#dim – Gm – C7 (I – biiio – ii – V7) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.

What key is Decarisimo in?

F major, at about 85 beats a minute in 2/4.

What does the left hand play in Decarisimo?

Kangaroo leaps: stride (2/4), a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Decarisimo easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky 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.