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How to play Drawing Board on piano

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Learn Drawing Board in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – F – Gm – Bb
Drawing Board sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIVFIGmiiBbIV
- BbBb · D · F
- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
18 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Ticking clock
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 100 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 – Bb – F
The last chords are ii – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GmBbF

What chords are in Drawing Board?

The loop is Bb – F – Gm – Bb (IV – I – ii – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – Bb – F.

What key is Drawing Board in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Drawing Board?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Drawing Board 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.