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How to play How Brightly Beams The Morning Star on piano
By Philipp Nicolai
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1992
- Medium
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Learn How Brightly Beams The Morning Star in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Asus4 – A – D
How it goes
How Brightly Beams The Morning Star sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Asus4 is A, D and E; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIAsus4Vsus4AVDI- DD · F# · A
- Asus4A · D · E
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
How it goes
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pausing chords
How it goes
Three steady chords, then beat 4 left empty to breathe. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: Asus4 – A – D
How it goes
The last chords are Vsus – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
Asus4AD
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Questions about How Brightly Beams The Morning Star
What chords are in How Brightly Beams The Morning Star?
The loop is D – Asus4 – A – D (I – Vsus – V – I) in D major, and the song ends on Asus4 – A – D.
What key is How Brightly Beams The Morning Star in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Brightly Beams The Morning Star?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Brightly Beams The Morning Star 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.