Learning To Fly Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Learning To Fly in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: F – C – Am – G
Learning To Fly sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVCIAmviGV
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
62 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Push chords
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Push chordsSyncopated chords · RockRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 110 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: G – F – C
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GFC

What chords are in Learning To Fly?

The loop is F – C – Am – G (IV – I – vi – V) in C major, and the song ends on G – F – C.

What key is Learning To Fly in?

C major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Learning To Fly?

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

Is Learning To Fly 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.