Piano chords · Blues & boogie

How to play I Get Along Without You Very Well on piano

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Learn I Get Along Without You Very Well in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Ab – Db – Ab – Db
I Get Along Without You Very Well sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIDbIVAbIDbIV
- AbAb · C · Eb
- DbDb · F · Ab
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Boogie walker
A walking line that climbs and falls through the chord. Musicians call it boogie-woogie line (boogie & shuffle), a medium pattern heard in 807 songs of the library.
Boogie walkerBoogie & shuffle · Blues and boogie-woogieLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Steady chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 60 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: Ab – Db – Ab
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbDbAb

What chords are in I Get Along Without You Very Well?

The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Db (I – IV – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Db – Ab.

What key is I Get Along Without You Very Well in?

Ab major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Get Along Without You Very Well?

Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Get Along Without You Very Well 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.