Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play In The Light on piano

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Learn In The Light in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A – D – A – D
In The Light sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIDIVAIDIV
- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Pop stabs
Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pop stabsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 98 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: D – E – A
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA
- EE · G# · B

What chords are in In The Light?

The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is In The Light in?

A major, at about 98 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in In The Light?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is In The Light 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.