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How to play Find A Way on piano
By Amy Grant
- C minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- i–bVI–i–bVI loop
- 1985
- Medium
Learn Find A Way in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Ab – Cm – Ab
Find A Way sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiAbVICmiAbVI- CmC · Eb · G
- AbAb · C · Eb
- 2
Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Mouse-run chords
Skips beat 1, scurries through four quick chords, then hides. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
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.
- 5
Ending: C – G – C
The last chords are I – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CGC- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
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Questions about Find A Way
What chords are in Find A Way?
The loop is Cm – Ab – Cm – Ab (i – bVI – i – bVI) in C minor, and the song ends on C – G – C.
What key is Find A Way in?
C minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Find A Way?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Find A Way 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.