Piano chords · Bossa beach
How to play I Need To Be In Love on piano
By Carpenters
- A major
- 4/4
- 85 BPM
- 1976
- Medium
Learn I Need To Be In Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: A – G – A – D
I Need To Be In Love sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; G is G, B and D; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIGbVIIAIDIV- AA · C# · E
- GG · B · D
- DD · F# · A
- 2
Left hand: Bossa sway
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: a gentle Brazilian sway. Musicians call it root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of 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 85 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: Bm – D – A
The last chords are ii – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BmDA- BmB · D · F#
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Questions about I Need To Be In Love
What chords are in I Need To Be In Love?
The loop is A – G – A – D (I – bVII – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – D – A.
What key is I Need To Be In Love in?
A major, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Need To Be In Love?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Need To Be In Love 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.