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How to play La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again) on piano

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Learn La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Db – Db – Bbm7 – Db – Ebm7 – Ab7
How it goes
La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again) sits in Db major: Db is home, where the song ends. It goes round 6 chords: Db is Db, F and Ab; Bbm7 is Bb, Db, F and Ab; Ebm7 is Eb, Gb, Bb and Db; Ab7 is Ab, C, Eb and Gb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DbIDbIBbm7vi7DbIEbm7ii7Ab7V7
- DbDb · F · Ab
- Bbm7Bb · Db · F · Ab
- Ebm7Eb · Gb · Bb · Db
- Ab7Ab · C · Eb · Gb
62 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Oom-pah
How it goes
A bass note, then three soft chords: oom, pah, pah, pah. Musicians call it bass + chords (stride & boom-chick), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Oom-pahStride & boom-chick · StrideLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Groovy chords
How it goes
Chords jump around the “ands” for a funky, dancing feel. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Groovy chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 80 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 – Ebm – Db
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbmDb
- EbmEb · Gb · Bb

What chords are in La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again)?

The loop is Db – Db – Bbm7 – Db – Ebm7 – Ab7 (I – vi7 – I – ii7 – V7 – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Db – Ebm – Db.

What key is La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again) in?

Db major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again)?

Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again) easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again)?

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

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.