Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Don’t Rain On My Parade on piano

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Learn Don’t Rain On My Parade in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – Am7 – C7 – C – C – Am7 – C7 – C
Don’t Rain On My Parade sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 8 chords: C is C, E and G; Am7 is A, C, E and G; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIAm7vi7C7I7CICIAm7vi7C7I7CI
- CC · E · G
- Am7A · C · E · G
- C7C · E · G · Bb
20 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
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.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Pop stabs
Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pop stabsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 140 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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Don’t Rain On My Parade?

The loop is C – Am7 – C7 – C – C – Am7 – C7 – C (I – vi7 – I7 – I – vi7 – I7 – I – vi7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Don’t Rain On My Parade in?

C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Don’t Rain On My Parade?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don’t Rain On My Parade easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of Don’t Rain On My Parade?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.