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How to play From The Inside Out on piano

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Learn From The Inside Out 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 – G – F – C
From The Inside Out sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIGVFIVCI
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
202 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Chugging-train pulse
Chugs along in quick even notes, then takes one tiny breath at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 629 songs of the library.
Chugging-train pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Pausing chords
Three steady chords, then beat 4 left empty to breathe. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pausing chordsBlock chords · ClassicalRight handEasy
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Both hands at 88 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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC

What chords are in From The Inside Out?

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

What key is From The Inside Out in?

C major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in From The Inside Out?

Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is From The Inside Out 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.