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How to play Friday on piano
- C minor
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 2002
- Medium
Learn Friday in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4
Friday sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Fm is F, Ab and C; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Bbsus4 is Bb, Eb and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiFmivAbVIBbsus4VIIsus4- CmC · Eb · G
- FmF · Ab · C
- AbAb · C · Eb
- Bbsus4Bb · Eb · F
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rocking thirds
Two neighbouring chord notes rocking back and forth, soft and sweet. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 140 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: Ab – Bb – Cm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about Friday
What chords are in Friday?
The loop is Cm – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4 (i – iv – bVI – bVIIsus) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Friday in?
C minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Friday?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Friday 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.