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How to play Gimme More on piano
Written by Keri Lynn Hilson, Nate Hills & others
- G minor
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Gimme More in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Gm – Bb – Am – F
How it goes
Gimme More sits in G minor: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; Bb is Bb, D and F; Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmiBbIIIAmiiFVII- GmG · Bb · D
- BbBb · D · F
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- 2
Left hand: Late-hop footsteps
How it goes
Steady low-high steps with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 659 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 110 BPM
How it goes
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: Eb – F – Gm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFGm- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Gimme More
What chords are in Gimme More?
The loop is Gm – Bb – Am – F (i – bIII – ii – bVII) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Gimme More in?
G minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Gimme More?
Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Gimme More 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.