Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play How Great Is Our God on piano

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Learn How Great Is Our God in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – Bm – D – A – Em7 – G – Bm
How it goes
How Great Is Our God sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 7 chords: D is D, F# and A; Bm is B, D and F#; A is A, C# and E; Em7 is E, G, B and D; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIBmviDIAVEm7ii7GIVBmvi
- DD · F# · A
- BmB · D · F#
- AA · C# · E
- Em7E · G · B · D
- GG · B · D
95 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Dreamy wave
How it goes
Rolls up through a soft extra note: a dreamy, open, modern sound. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 129 songs of the library.
Dreamy waveOpen arpeggio · BalladLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
How it goes
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Freeze-tag chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 88 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: G – A – D
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in How Great Is Our God?

The loop is D – Bm – D – A – Em7 – G – Bm (I – vi – I – V – ii7 – IV – vi) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is How Great Is Our God in?

D major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in How Great Is Our God?

Dreamy wave: open arpeggio 1-5-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is How Great Is Our God easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of How Great Is Our God?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.