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How to play Love Like This on piano

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Learn Love Like This in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C – Csus4 – C – Csus4
How it goes
Love Like This sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Csus4 is C, F and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CICsus4Isus4CICsus4Isus4
- CC · E · G
- Csus4C · F · G
83 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
How it goes
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Somersault chords
How it goes
Evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then flip into the next bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Somersault chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 135 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.
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Ending: C – Csus4 – C
How it goes
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CCsus4C

What chords are in Love Like This?

The loop is C – Csus4 – C – Csus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in C major, and the song ends on C – Csus4 – C.

What key is Love Like This in?

C major, at about 135 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Love Like This?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Love Like This 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.