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How to play Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus on piano

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Learn Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus in 5 steps

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

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Chords: G – C – G – D7
How it goes
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; D7 is D, F#, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GICIVGID7V7
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- D7D · F# · A · C
94 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Groovy roots
How it goes
Notes jump around the “ands”, giving the bass a funky bounce. Musicians call it root bass · syncopated 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 363 songs of the library.
Groovy rootsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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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.
Marching chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
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Both hands at 84 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: C – D7 – G
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CD7G

What chords are in Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus?

The loop is G – C – G – D7 (I – IV – I – V7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D7 – G.

What key is Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus in?

G major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus?

Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / 'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus 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.