Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Hot In The City on piano

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Learn Hot In The City in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – Am – C – Am
Hot In The City sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIAmviCIAmvi
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
135 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Deep-breath chords
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Deep-breath chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 100 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.
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Ending: C – Am – C
The last chords are I – vi – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CAmC

What chords are in Hot In The City?

The loop is C – Am – C – Am (I – vi – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on C – Am – C.

What key is Hot In The City in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hot In The City?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hot In The City 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.