Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Get Down on piano
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
Learn Get Down in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – E7 – G – D
Get Down sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; E7 is E, G#, B and D; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIE7II7GIVDI- DD · F# · A
- E7E · G# · B · D
- GG · B · D
- 2
Left hand: Excited heartbeat
Lots of quick notes with a tiny skip before beat 3: full of energy. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 81 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Starlight twinkle
A chord, then two high notes twinkling like distant stars. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: G – A – D
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAD- AA · C# · E
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Questions about Get Down
What chords are in Get Down?
The loop is D – E7 – G – D (I – II7 – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Get Down in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Get Down?
Excited heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Get Down 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.