Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play It Is Time on piano

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Learn It Is Time in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – F – C – F
It Is Time sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIFIVCIFIV
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Racing heartbeat
One calm beat, then non-stop quick notes racing to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 431 songs of the library.
Racing heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Clock-tower chimes
A ringing chord, then two notes chiming steadily like a clock tower. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Clock-tower chimesBroken-chord figure · Film scoreRight 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: C – F – C
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CFC

What chords are in It Is Time?

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

What key is It Is Time in?

C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It Is Time?

Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It Is Time 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.