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How to play Love Is The Ritual on piano
By Styx
- G major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1990
- Tricky
Learn Love Is The Ritual in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: E – C – D – A
Love Is The Ritual sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: E is E, G# and B; C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EVICIVDVAII- EE · G# · B
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Hummingbird shiver
Two notes trembling super fast: a shiver of excitement. Musicians call it two-note tremolo (tremolo), a tricky pattern heard in 73 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Marching chords
Two chords per bar, left-right, like a happy little march. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG- GG · B · D
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Questions about Love Is The Ritual
What chords are in Love Is The Ritual?
The loop is E – C – D – A (VI5 – IV – V5 – II) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Love Is The Ritual in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Love Is The Ritual?
Hummingbird shiver: two-note tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Love Is The Ritual easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.