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How to play I Really Like You on piano

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Learn I Really Like You in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – F – C – Dm
How it goes
I Really Like You sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G; Dm is D, F and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIVFICVDmvi
- BbBb · D · F
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
141 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hopscotch steps
How it goes
Step, step, skip a beat, step: like hopping over a square. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 668 songs of the library.
Hopscotch stepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 122 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.
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Ending: Bb – C – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF

What chords are in I Really Like You?

The loop is Bb – F – C – Dm (IV – I – V – vi) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is I Really Like You in?

F major, at about 122 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Really Like You?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Really Like You 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.