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How to play Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) on piano

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  • Eb major
  • 6/8
  • 96 BPM
  • 1909
  • Medium
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Left hand Swelling 6/8The right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) in 5 steps

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

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    Chords: Eb – Cm – Bb7 – Eb

    Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Cm is C, Eb and G; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    EbICmviBb7V7EbI
    • EbEb · G · Bb
    • CmC · Eb · G
    • Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
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    Left hand: Swelling 6/8

    Rises to the top and falls back in one rocking six-note wave. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 73 songs of the library.

    Swelling 6/8Open arpeggio · LullabyLeft handMedium
  3. 3

    Right hand: the chords, held

    In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 96 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.

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    Ending: Eb – Bb7 – Eb

    The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    EbBb7Eb

Questions about Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time)

What chords are in Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time)?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Bb7 – Eb (I – vi – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.

What key is Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) in?

Eb major, at about 96 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time)?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) 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.