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How to play I Know You're Calling on piano
By Jeremy Camp
- C major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 2002
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn I Know You're Calling in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – G – C – F
How it goes
I Know You're Calling sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIGVCIFIV- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
How it goes
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of 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 90 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: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
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Questions about I Know You're Calling
What chords are in I Know You're Calling?
The loop is C – G – C – F (I5 – V5 – I – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is I Know You're Calling in?
C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Know You're Calling?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Know You're Calling 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.