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How to play I Don’t Care on piano
Written by Peter Wentz, Patrick Stump & others
- F# minor
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
Learn I Don’t Care in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F# – A – B – A
I Don’t Care sits in F# minor: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F# is F#, A# and C#; A is A, C# and E; B is B, D# and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#IAIIIBIVAIII- F#F# · A# · C#
- AA · C# · E
- BB · D# · F#
- 2
Left hand: Chugging-train pulse
Chugs along in quick even notes, then takes one tiny breath at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 629 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-skip chords
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 128 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: D – E – F#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEF#m- DD · F# · A
- EE · G# · B
- F#mF# · A · C#
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Questions about I Don’t Care
What chords are in I Don’t Care?
The loop is F# – A – B – A (I5 – bIII5 – IV5 – bIII5) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.
What key is I Don’t Care in?
F# minor, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Don’t Care?
Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Don’t Care 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.