Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play If The World Should End on piano
- D minor
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- Medium
Learn If The World Should End in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Bb – D – Bb
If The World Should End sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D 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.
DIBbVIDIBbVI- DD · F# · A
- BbBb · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Lighthouse blink
A note and the one above flash in turn, steady as a lighthouse. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 92 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.
- 5
Ending: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
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Questions about If The World Should End
What chords are in If The World Should End?
The loop is D – Bb – D – Bb (I5 – bVI – I5 – bVI) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is If The World Should End in?
D minor, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If The World Should End?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If The World Should End 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.