It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F7 – Bbm – Eb7 – Ab
How it goes
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Bbm is Bb, Db and F; Eb7 is Eb, G, Bb and Db; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F7VI7BbmiiEb7V7AbI
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- BbmBb · Db · F
- Eb7Eb · G · Bb · Db
- AbAb · C · Eb
41 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Three-step climb
How it goes
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.
Three-step climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
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Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 125 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.
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Ending: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb

What chords are in It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas?

The loop is F7 – Bbm – Eb7 – Ab (VI7 – ii – V7 – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas in?

Ab major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.