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How to play How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee on piano

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Learn How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F7 – Bb – Gm – C7
How it goes
How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Gm is G, Bb and D; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F7V7BbIGmviC7II7
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- GmG · Bb · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
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Left hand: Little steps
How it goes
Up the chord and back, one step at a time. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-3 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 304 songs of the library.
Little stepsBroken chord · ClassicalLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Hopscotch chords
How it goes
Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hopscotch chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
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Both hands at 160 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: Bb – F7 – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbF7Bb

What chords are in How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee?

The loop is F7 – Bb – Gm – C7 (V7 – I – vi – II7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F7 – Bb.

What key is How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee in?

Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee?

Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Bee easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.