Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play In Your Own Sweet Way on piano
By Dave Brubeck
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 145 BPM
- 1955
- Medium
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Learn In Your Own Sweet Way in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – D7 – Gm – C7
How it goes
In Your Own Sweet Way sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; D7 is D, F#, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Am#ivD7VII7GmiiiC7VI7- AmA · C · E
- D7D · F# · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
How it goes
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
How it goes
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 145 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.
- 5
Ending: Ab – Bb – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about In Your Own Sweet Way
What chords are in In Your Own Sweet Way?
The loop is Am – D7 – Gm – C7 (#iv – VII7 – iii – VI7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is In Your Own Sweet Way in?
Eb major, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in In Your Own Sweet Way?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is In Your Own Sweet Way 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.