Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Ein Ehrenwertes Haus on piano

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Learn Ein Ehrenwertes Haus 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 – A – D – A
How it goes
Ein Ehrenwertes Haus sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
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- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
384 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hop-skip heartbeat
How it goes
Three steps, then a quick hop that skips right over beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 250 songs of the library.
Hop-skip heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Swinging bell
How it goes
A ringing chord, then two low notes swinging back and forth. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Swinging bellBroken-chord figure · Film scoreRight handMedium
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Both hands at 114 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.
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Ending: D – E – A
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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- EE · G# · B

What chords are in Ein Ehrenwertes Haus?

The loop is D – A – D – A (IV – I – IV – I) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Ein Ehrenwertes Haus in?

A major, at about 114 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Ein Ehrenwertes Haus?

Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Ein Ehrenwertes Haus 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.