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How to play Liability on piano

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Learn Liability in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bm – A – G – Bm
Liability sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bm is B, D and F#; A 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.
BmviAVGIVBmvi
- BmB · D · F#
- AA · C# · E
- GG · B · D
27 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
Double-skip footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Steady chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 76 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: Asus4 – A – D
The last chords are Vsus – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
Asus4AD
- Asus4A · D · E
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in Liability?

The loop is Bm – A – G – Bm (vi – V – IV – vi) in D major, and the song ends on Asus4 – A – D.

What key is Liability in?

D major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Liability?

Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Liability 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.