Hymn To Winter Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Hymn To Winter in 5 steps

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

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Chords: G – C – F – C
Hymn To Winter sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GVCIFIVCI
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
65 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Bubbling climb
Three notes climb, then start again: a rippling rise that sways in two. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5 (6/8) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 39 songs of the library.
Bubbling climbBroken chord · LullabyLeft handMedium
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Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
4
Both hands at 98 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.
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Ending: C – G7 – C
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CG7C
- G7G · B · D · F

What chords are in Hymn To Winter?

The loop is G – C – F – C (V – I – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.

What key is Hymn To Winter in?

C major, at about 98 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Hymn To Winter?

Bubbling climb: broken chord 1-3-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hymn To Winter 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.