If You Say So Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn If You Say So in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Am – C – F – Am
If You Say So sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviCIFIVAmvi
- AmA · C · E
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
25 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Racing heartbeat
One calm beat, then non-stop quick notes racing to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 431 songs of the library.
Racing heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 70 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: Am – F – C
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AmFC

What chords are in If You Say So?

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

What key is If You Say So in?

C major, at about 70 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If You Say So?

Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is If You Say So 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.