Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play How Little We Know on piano
Written by Philip Springer
- F major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1956
- Medium
Learn How Little We Know in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Gm – Am – Dm
How Little We Know sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D; Am is A, C and E; Dm is D, F and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIGmiiAmiiiDmvi- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- AmA · C · E
- DmD · F · A
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Hopscotch bells
A high bell note, a chord, a skipped beat, and one more chord. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
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.
- 5
Ending: F – C7 – F
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FC7F- C7C · E · G · Bb
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Questions about How Little We Know
What chords are in How Little We Know?
The loop is F – Gm – Am – Dm (I – ii – iii – vi) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is How Little We Know in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Little We Know?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Little We Know 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.