Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Get Into It on piano
Written by Jeff Bowen
- D minor
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
Learn Get Into It in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – Bb7 – Dm – Bb7
Get Into It sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmiBb7VI7DmiBb7VI7- DmD · F · A
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Deep-breath chords
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 150 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: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
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Questions about Get Into It
What chords are in Get Into It?
The loop is Dm – Bb7 – Dm – Bb7 (i – bVI7 – i – bVI7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Get Into It in?
D minor, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Get Into It?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Get Into It 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.