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How to play Live For Today on piano

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Learn Live For Today in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C#m – A – E – B
Live For Today sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; A is A, C# and E; E is E, G# and B; B is B, D# and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#mviAIVEIBV
- C#mC# · E · G#
- AA · C# · E
- EE · G# · B
- BB · D# · F#
176 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Pausing footsteps
Three even steps, then a quiet beat to breathe. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pausing footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Freeze-tag chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 152 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: A – B – E
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABE

What chords are in Live For Today?

The loop is C#m – A – E – B (vi – IV – I – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Live For Today in?

E major, at about 152 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Live For Today?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Live For Today easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.