Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Is This Love on piano

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Learn Is This Love in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – A – E – A – F#m7 – F#m7
Is This Love sits in F# minor: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 6 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E; E is E, G# and B; F#m7 is F#, A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DVIAIIIEVIIAIIIF#m7i7F#m7i7
- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- EE · G# · B
- F#m7F# · A · C# · E
176 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Island pulse
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Island pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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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 110 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 – F#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEF#m
- F#mF# · A · C#

What chords are in Is This Love?

The loop is D – A – E – A – F#m7 – F#m7 (VI – III – VII – III – i7 – VI) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is Is This Love in?

F# minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Is This Love?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Is This Love easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Is This Love?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.