Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play I Need You So Bad on piano

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Learn I Need You So Bad in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Db7 – Ab – Db7 – Ab
I Need You So Bad sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Db7 is Db, F, Ab and Cb; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Db7IV7AbIDb7IV7AbI
- Db7Db · F · Ab · Cb
- AbAb · C · Eb
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Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Trotting-sleigh chords
Three quick chords on every beat: a rolling, joyful gallop. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Trotting-sleigh chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handTricky
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Both hands at 103 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: Db – Eb – Ab
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb

What chords are in I Need You So Bad?

The loop is Db7 – Ab – Db7 – Ab (IV7 – I – IV7 – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is I Need You So Bad in?

Ab major, at about 103 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Need You So Bad?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Need You So Bad easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky 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.