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How to play La Contestación on piano
Written by Henry Garza, Joey Garza & others
- D major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- 2003
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn La Contestación in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – F#7 – Bm – A
How it goes
La Contestación sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; F#7 is F#, A#, C# and E; Bm is B, D and F#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIF#7III7BmviAV- DD · F# · A
- F#7F# · A# · C# · E
- BmB · D · F#
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Hurrying footsteps
How it goes
Calm steps in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 642 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Marching chords
How it goes
Two chords per bar, left-right, like a happy little march. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 72 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: G – Gm – D
How it goes
The last chords are IV – iv – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GGmD- GG · B · D
- GmG · Bb · D
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Questions about La Contestación
What chords are in La Contestación?
The loop is D – F#7 – Bm – A (I – III7 – vi – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – Gm – D.
What key is La Contestación in?
D major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in La Contestación?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is La Contestación 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.