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How to play If Every Day Was Christmas on piano
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- C major
- 4/4
- 146 BPM
- IV–V–iii–vi loop
- 2016
- Medium
Learn If Every Day Was Christmas 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 – G – Em – Am
If Every Day Was Christmas sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVGVEmiiiAmvi- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- AmA · C · E
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Left hand: Jogging footsteps
A calm start, then quick jogging notes through the middle of the bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 159 songs of the library.
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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.
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Both hands at 146 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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC- CC · E · G
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Questions about If Every Day Was Christmas
What chords are in If Every Day Was Christmas?
The loop is F – G – Em – Am (IV – V – iii – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is If Every Day Was Christmas in?
C major, at about 146 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If Every Day Was Christmas?
Jogging footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If Every Day Was Christmas 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.