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How to play Heart To Heart on piano
By James Blunt
- A major
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- IV–I–vi–IV loop
- Medium
Learn Heart To Heart in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – A – F#m – D
Heart To Heart sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E; F#m is F#, A and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIVAIF#mviDIV- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- F#mF# · A · C#
- 2
Left hand: Groovy roots
Notes jump around the “ands”, giving the bass a funky bounce. Musicians call it root bass · syncopated 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 363 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 160 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: D – E – A
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA- EE · G# · B
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Questions about Heart To Heart
What chords are in Heart To Heart?
The loop is D – A – F#m – D (IV – I – vi – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Heart To Heart in?
A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Heart To Heart?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Heart To Heart 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.