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How to play If I Should Fall Behind on piano

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Learn If I Should Fall Behind in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – Bm – G – D
If I Should Fall Behind sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Bm is B, D and F#; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIBmviGIVDI
- DD · F# · A
- BmB · D · F#
- GG · B · D
121 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Stair steps
Three notes climb up the chord in the island rhythm. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 438 songs of the library.
Stair stepsBroken chord · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Wake-and-run chords
One long chord, then three quick ones running into the next bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Wake-and-run chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 120 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: Bm – G – D
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BmGD

What chords are in If I Should Fall Behind?

The loop is D – Bm – G – D (I – vi – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on Bm – G – D.

What key is If I Should Fall Behind in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If I Should Fall Behind?

Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is If I Should Fall Behind 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.