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How to play Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida) on piano

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Learn Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Gm – C7 – Gm – C7
How it goes
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida) sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmiiC7V7GmiiC7V7
- GmG · Bb · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
136 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Little rainbow
How it goes
Six notes up the chord and back down: an arch in one rocking bar. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 35 songs of the library.
Little rainbowBroken chord · LullabyLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Tug-of-war chords
How it goes
Four even chords stretched across a rocking bar: a gentle push and pull. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Tug-of-war chordsSyncopated chords · LullabyRight handMedium
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Both hands at 68 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.
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Ending: Gm – C7 – F
How it goes
The last chords are ii – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GmC7F
- FF · A · C

What chords are in Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida)?

The loop is Gm – C7 – Gm – C7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in F minor, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.

What key is Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida) in?

F minor, at about 68 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida)?

Little rainbow: broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida) 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.