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Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play Look To Your Heart on piano

Written by Alan Menken

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Left hand Dreamy waveRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn Look To Your Heart in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: G – C – G – C

    How it goes

    Look To Your Heart sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

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    • GG · B · D
    • CC · E · G
    782 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Dreamy wave

    How it goes

    Rolls up through a soft extra note: a dreamy, open, modern sound. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 129 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 144 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: G – C – G

    How it goes

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

    GCG

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Questions about Look To Your Heart

What chords are in Look To Your Heart?

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

What key is Look To Your Heart in?

G major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Look To Your Heart?

Dreamy wave: open arpeggio 1-5-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Look To Your Heart 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.