Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play I Want The World To Know on piano
Written by Twila Paris
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2003
- Medium
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Learn I Want The World To Know in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – A – F#m – G
How it goes
I Want The World To Know sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E; F#m is F#, A and C#; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIAVF#miiiGIV- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- F#mF# · A · C#
- GG · B · D
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
How it goes
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Push chords
How it goes
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. 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: G – A – D
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAD
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Questions about I Want The World To Know
What chords are in I Want The World To Know?
The loop is D – A – F#m – G (I – V – iii – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is I Want The World To Know in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Want The World To Know?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Want The World To Know 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.