Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play For Your Love on piano
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- E minor
- 4/4
- 144 BPM
- 2013
- Medium
Learn For Your Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Em – G – A – Am
For Your Love sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; G is G, B and D; A is A, C# and E; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiGIIIAIVAmiv- EmE · G · B
- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E
- AmA · C · E
- 2
Left hand: Boogie climb
Each note played twice as the line climbs: a rocking boogie bass. Musicians call it broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5 (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 25 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 144 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 – D – Em
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
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Questions about For Your Love
What chords are in For Your Love?
The loop is Em – G – A – Am (i – III – IV – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is For Your Love in?
E minor, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in For Your Love?
Boogie climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is For Your Love 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.
Can I hear the real melody of For Your Love?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.