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How to play How Deep Is Your Love on piano
Written by Calvin Harris, Gavin Koolmon & others
- G major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- IV–vi–IV–vi loop
- 2015
- Medium
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Learn How Deep Is Your Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – Em – C – Em
How it goes
How Deep Is Your Love sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIVEmviCIVEmvi- CC · E · G
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
How it goes
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. 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: C – D – G
How it goes
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 How Deep Is Your Love
What chords are in How Deep Is Your Love?
The loop is C – Em – C – Em (IV – vi – IV – vi) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is How Deep Is Your Love in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Deep Is Your Love?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Deep Is Your Love 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.