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How to play I Want To Write You A Song on piano

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Learn I Want To Write You A Song in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – C – Dm – Bb
I Want To Write You A Song sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G; Dm is D, F and A; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FICVDmviBbIV
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
- BbBb · D · F
266 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Walking roots
One low note on every beat, steady as walking feet. Musicians call it root bass · quarters (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Walking rootsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Steady chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 150 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: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF

What chords are in I Want To Write You A Song?

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

What key is I Want To Write You A Song in?

F major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Want To Write You A Song?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Want To Write You A Song easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.