Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Heaven Is The Face on piano
Written by Steven Curtis Chapman
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 2009
- Medium
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Learn Heaven Is The Face in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Eb – Ebsus4 – Eb – Ebsus4
How it goes
Heaven Is The Face sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Ebsus4 is Eb, Ab and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIEbsus4Isus4EbIEbsus4Isus4- EbEb · G · Bb
- Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
How it goes
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Bossa chords
How it goes
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: soft Brazilian chords. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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 – Ebsus4 – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbEbsus4Eb
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Questions about Heaven Is The Face
What chords are in Heaven Is The Face?
The loop is Eb – Ebsus4 – Eb – Ebsus4 (I5 – Isus – I5 – Isus) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ebsus4 – Eb.
What key is Heaven Is The Face in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Heaven Is The Face?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Heaven Is The Face 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.