Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Fourth Of July on piano
By Fall Out Boy
- E minor
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- 2015
- Medium
Learn Fourth Of July in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: C – D – Em – G
Fourth Of July sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A; Em is E, G and B; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CVIDVIIEmiGIII- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- GG · B · D
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-clap chords
Quick double claps on beats 2 and 4, leaving beats 1 and 3 empty. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
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Both hands at 160 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: C – D – Em
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm
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Questions about Fourth Of July
What chords are in Fourth Of July?
The loop is C – D – Em – G (bVI – bVII – i – bIII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Fourth Of July in?
E minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Fourth Of July?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Fourth Of July 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.