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How to play If You Love Somebody Set Them Free on piano
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- A minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
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Learn If You Love Somebody Set Them Free in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – G – F – G
How it goes
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmivGVIIFVIGVII- DmD · F · A
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
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Left hand: Knock-knock footsteps
How it goes
Step, then a quick knock-knock, a pause, and one last step. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 471 songs of the library.
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Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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.
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Ending: F – G – Am
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm- AmA · C · E
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Questions about If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
What chords are in If You Love Somebody Set Them Free?
The loop is Dm – G – F – G (iv – bVII – bVI – bVII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is If You Love Somebody Set Them Free in?
A minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If You Love Somebody Set Them Free?
Knock-knock footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 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.