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How to play I Have A Dream on piano

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Learn I Have A Dream in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – Bb – F7 – F7 – F7
I Have A Dream sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 5 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; F7 is F, A, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIBbIF7V7F7V7F7V7
- BbBb · D · F
- F7F · A · C · Eb
222 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Little steps
Up the chord and back, one step at a time. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-3 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 304 songs of the library.
Little stepsBroken chord · ClassicalLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Deep-breath chords
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Deep-breath chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 124 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: Bb – F7 – Bb
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbF7Bb

What chords are in I Have A Dream?

The loop is Bb – Bb – F7 – F7 – F7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F7 – Bb.

What key is I Have A Dream in?

Bb major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Have A Dream?

Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Have A Dream easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of I Have A Dream?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.