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How to play Grace Wins on piano
By Matthew West
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 114 BPM
- 2015
- Medium
Learn Grace Wins in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Ab – Bb – Fm
Grace Wins sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviAbIVBbVFmii- CmC · Eb · G
- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- FmF · Ab · C
- 2
Left hand: Tap-dance footsteps
Busy little taps around beat 2, then two calm steps to finish. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 100 songs of the library.
- 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.
- 4
Both hands at 114 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Grace Wins
What chords are in Grace Wins?
The loop is Cm – Ab – Bb – Fm (vi – IV – V – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Grace Wins in?
Eb major, at about 114 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Grace Wins?
Tap-dance footsteps: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Grace Wins 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.