Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play In Too Deep on piano
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- F minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
Learn In Too Deep in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Db – Cm – Ab
In Too Deep sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Db is Db, F and Ab; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIIIDbVICmvAbIII- AbAb · C · Eb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- CmC · Eb · G
- 2
Left hand: Three-step climb
Root, fifth, octave, then let it ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Deep-breath chords
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: Db – Eb – Fm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbFm- EbEb · G · Bb
- FmF · Ab · C
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Questions about In Too Deep
What chords are in In Too Deep?
The loop is Ab – Db – Cm – Ab (bIII – bVI – v – bIII) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is In Too Deep in?
F minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in In Too Deep?
Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is In Too Deep 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.