Get In The Swing Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Get In The Swing in 5 steps

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

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Chords: B – Bm – B – Bm
Get In The Swing sits in B major: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: B is B, D# and F#; Bm is B, D and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BIBmiBIBmi
- BB · D# · F#
- BmB · D · F#
12 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Double-step climb
Two beats on the root, two on the next chord note up: simple and steady. Musicians call it broken chord 1-1-3-3 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 284 songs of the library.
Double-step climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Running-late chords
Misses beat 1, then hurries in with busy chords around the beats. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Running-late chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 125 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: E – F# – B
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EF#B
- EE · G# · B
- F#F# · A# · C#

What chords are in Get In The Swing?

The loop is B – Bm – B – Bm (I – i – I – i) in B major, and the song ends on E – F# – B.

What key is Get In The Swing in?

B major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Get In The Swing?

Double-step climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Get In The Swing 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.