Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Let Me Touch You on piano
Written by Kirk Franklin
- C major
- 2/2
- 107 BPM
- 1995
- Medium
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Learn Let Me Touch You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – F#m – G7 – C
How it goes
Let Me Touch You sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F#m is F#, A and C#; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIF#m#ivG7V7CI- CC · E · G
- F#mF# · A · C#
- G7G · B · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
How it goes
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Bossa chords
How it goes
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: soft Brazilian chords. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 107 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: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
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Questions about Let Me Touch You
What chords are in Let Me Touch You?
The loop is C – F#m – G7 – C (I – #iv – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Let Me Touch You in?
C major, at about 107 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Let Me Touch You?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Let Me Touch You 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.