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How to play Fearless on piano

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Learn Fearless in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C – Am – F – Gsus4
Fearless sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C; Gsus4 is G, C and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIAmviFIVGsus4Vsus4
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- Gsus4G · C · D
12 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Leapfrog pulse
One long note, then a quick hop that leaps right into beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2a · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 153 songs of the library.
Leapfrog pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Hurrying chords
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hurrying chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 90 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: Gsus4 – G – C
The last chords are Vsus – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
Gsus4GC
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Fearless?

The loop is C – Am – F – Gsus4 (I – vi – IV – Vsus) in C major, and the song ends on Gsus4 – G – C.

What key is Fearless in?

C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Fearless?

Leapfrog pulse: root bass · 1 · 2a · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Fearless 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.