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How to play Everything Means Something on piano
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- F# minor
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- iv–I–iv–I loop
- 2012
- Medium
Learn Everything Means Something in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bm – F# – Bm – F#
Everything Means Something sits in F# minor: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bm is B, D and F#; F# is F#, A# and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BmivF#IBmivF#I- BmB · D · F#
- F#F# · A# · C#
- 2
Left hand: Gear-shift pulse
Quick even notes that skip beat 3, like an engine changing gear. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 181 songs of the library.
- 3
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.
- 4
Both hands at 125 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.
- 5
Ending: D – E – F#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEF#m- DD · F# · A
- EE · G# · B
- F#mF# · A · C#
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Questions about Everything Means Something
What chords are in Everything Means Something?
The loop is Bm – F# – Bm – F# (iv – I – iv – I) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.
What key is Everything Means Something in?
F# minor, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Everything Means Something?
Gear-shift pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Everything Means Something 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.