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How to play Just In Time For Christmas on piano
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- F# major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- IV–V–I–IV loop
- Medium
Learn Just In Time For Christmas in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: B – C# – F# – B
Just In Time For Christmas sits in F# major: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: B is B, D# and F#; 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.
BIVC#VF#IBIV- BB · D# · F#
- C#C# · E# · G#
- F#F# · A# · C#
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 80 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: F# – C#7 – F#
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
F#C#7F#- C#7C# · E# · G# · B
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Questions about Just In Time For Christmas
What chords are in Just In Time For Christmas?
The loop is B – C# – F# – B (IV – V – I – IV) in F# major, and the song ends on F# – C#7 – F#.
What key is Just In Time For Christmas in?
F# major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Just In Time For Christmas?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Just In Time For Christmas 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.