Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Gentlemen on piano

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Learn Gentlemen in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Cm – Eb – Cm – Eb
Gentlemen sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviEbICmviEbI
- CmC · Eb · G
- EbEb · G · Bb
25 songs go round the same chords
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.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Swing push
Three chords tumble out early with a swing, then the bar breathes. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Swing pushSyncopated chords · Blues and boogie-woogieRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 82 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: Eb – Cm – Eb
The last chords are I – vi – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbCmEb

What chords are in Gentlemen?

The loop is Cm – Eb – Cm – Eb (vi – I – vi – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Cm – Eb.

What key is Gentlemen in?

Eb major, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Gentlemen?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Gentlemen 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.