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How to play I Just Wanna Be Mad on piano
By Terri Clark
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2002
- Medium
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Learn I Just Wanna Be Mad in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Eb – F – Bb – Eb
How it goes
I Just Wanna Be Mad sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; F is F, A and C; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIVFVBbIEbIV- EbEb · G · Bb
- FF · A · C
- BbBb · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
How it goes
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
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 100 BPM
How it goes
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: Eb – F – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb
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Questions about I Just Wanna Be Mad
What chords are in I Just Wanna Be Mad?
The loop is Eb – F – Bb – Eb (IV – V – I5 – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is I Just Wanna Be Mad in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Just Wanna Be Mad?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Just Wanna Be Mad 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.