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How to play I Need Your Love on piano
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- Easy
Learn I Need Your Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: Abmaj7 – Eb – Eb – Bb – Cm
I Need Your Love sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 5 chords: Abmaj7 is Ab, C, Eb and G; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Abmaj7IVmaj7EbIEbIBbVCmvi- Abmaj7Ab · C · Eb · G
- EbEb · G · Bb
- BbBb · D · F
- CmC · Eb · G
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Left hand: Pausing footsteps
Three even steps, then a quiet beat to breathe. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
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Right hand: the chords, held
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 128 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- AbAb · C · Eb
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Questions about I Need Your Love
What chords are in I Need Your Love?
The loop is Abmaj7 – Eb – Eb – Bb – Cm (IVmaj7 – I – V – vi – IVmaj7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is I Need Your Love in?
Eb major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Need Your Love?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Need Your Love easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 5 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Need Your Love?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.