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How to play Did I Make The Most Of Loving You on piano
By Donald Black
- A minor
- 6/8
- 160 BPM
- i–bVI–i–bVI loop
- 2010
- Medium
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Learn Did I Make The Most Of Loving You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – F – Am – F
How it goes
Did I Make The Most Of Loving You sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiFVIAmiFVI- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
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Left hand: Bubbling climb
How it goes
Three notes climb, then start again: a rippling rise that sways in two. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5 (6/8) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 39 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 160 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: F – G – Am
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm- GG · B · D
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Questions about Did I Make The Most Of Loving You
What chords are in Did I Make The Most Of Loving You?
The loop is Am – F – Am – F (i – bVI – i – bVI) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Did I Make The Most Of Loving You in?
A minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Did I Make The Most Of Loving You?
Bubbling climb: broken chord 1-3-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Did I Make The Most Of Loving You 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.