Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Forever And For Always on piano

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Learn Forever And For Always in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: G – Em – C – D
How it goes
Forever And For Always sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B; C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIEmviCIVDV
- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
95 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Galloping heartbeat
How it goes
Ta-DUM, ta-DUM: quick pickups into beats 2 and 4, like hooves. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 115 songs of the library.
Galloping heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
4
Both hands at 86 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.
5
Ending: C – D – G
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG

What chords are in Forever And For Always?

The loop is G – Em – C – D (I – vi – IV – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Forever And For Always in?

G major, at about 86 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Forever And For Always?

Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Forever And For Always 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.