Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Home on piano
Written by Alan Menken
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1994
- Medium
Learn Home in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: B7 – Em – G7 – C
Home sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: B7 is B, D#, F# and A; Em is E, G and B; G7 is G, B, D and F; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
B7III7EmviG7I7CIV- B7B · D# · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- G7G · B · D · F
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: River roll
Flows up five notes with a little step near the top, like a river. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 242 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
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Questions about Home
What chords are in Home?
The loop is B7 – Em – G7 – C (III7 – vi – I7 – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Home in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Home?
River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Home 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.