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How to play Let’s Fall In Love on piano

By Harold Arlen

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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn Let’s Fall In Love in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: G7 – C – F – G7

    How it goes

    Let’s Fall In Love sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G7 is G, B, D and F; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    G7V7CIFIVG7V7
    • G7G · B · D · F
    • CC · E · G
    • FF · A · C
    29 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Rolling waves

    How it goes

    Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords

    How it goes

    Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 100 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. 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
    • GG · B · D

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Questions about Let’s Fall In Love

What chords are in Let’s Fall In Love?

The loop is G7 – C – F – G7 (V7 – I – IV – V7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Let’s Fall In Love in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Let’s Fall In Love?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let’s Fall In Love 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.