Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play How Marvelous on piano
By Passion
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 75 BPM
- 2006
- Medium
Learn How Marvelous in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab – Dbsus4
How Marvelous sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ebsus4 is Eb, Ab and Bb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Dbsus4 is Db, Gb and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Ebsus4Vsus4EbVAbIDbsus4IVsus4- Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- AbAb · C · Eb
- Dbsus4Db · Gb · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Marching chords
Two chords per bar, left-right, like a happy little march. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 75 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: Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab
The last chords are Vsus – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
Ebsus4EbAb
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Questions about How Marvelous
What chords are in How Marvelous?
The loop is Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab – Dbsus4 (Vsus – V – I – IVsus) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab.
What key is How Marvelous in?
Ab major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Marvelous?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Marvelous 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.