Do You Want To Dance? Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Do You Want To Dance? in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – Bm – Em – A7
Do You Want To Dance? sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Bm is B, D and F#; Em is E, G and B; A7 is A, C#, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIBmviEmiiA7V7
- DD · F# · A
- BmB · D · F#
- EmE · G · B
- A7A · C# · E · G
160 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Lazy footsteps
One long low note, then two calm steps to finish the bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Lazy footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · 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: D – A7 – D
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in Do You Want To Dance??

The loop is D – Bm – Em – A7 (I – vi – ii – V7) in D major, and the song ends on D – A7 – D.

What key is Do You Want To Dance? in?

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

What does the left hand play in Do You Want To Dance??

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Do You Want To Dance? 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.