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How to play I’m Looking Through You on piano

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Learn I’m Looking Through You in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Ab – Db – Ab – Db
I’m Looking Through You sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIDbIVAbIDbIV
- AbAb · C · Eb
- DbDb · F · Ab
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Hurrying chords
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hurrying chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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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: Ab – Db – Ab
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbDbAb

What chords are in I’m Looking Through You?

The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Db (I – IV – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Db – Ab.

What key is I’m Looking Through You in?

Ab major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I’m Looking Through You?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’m Looking Through You 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.