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How to play I Can Wait Forever on piano

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Learn I Can Wait Forever 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 – G – A – D
I Can Wait Forever sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; G is G, B and D; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIGIVAVDI
- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E
215 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Push and land
A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Push and landRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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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.
Marching chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
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Both hands at 76 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: D – Gm – D
The last chords are I – iv – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DGmD
- GmG · Bb · D

What chords are in I Can Wait Forever?

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

What key is I Can Wait Forever in?

D major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Can Wait Forever?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Can Wait Forever easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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