Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play I Turn To You on piano
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- G major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
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Learn I Turn To You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – Am – Em – Am
How it goes
I Turn To You sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIVAmiiEmviAmii- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
How it goes
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pinwheel
How it goes
Three notes spin in a loop that keeps landing in new places. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: C – D – G
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
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Questions about I Turn To You
What chords are in I Turn To You?
The loop is C – Am – Em – Am (IV – ii – vi – ii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is I Turn To You in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Turn To You?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Turn To 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.