Piano chords · Blues & boogie
How to play Machine on piano
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- Medium
Learn Machine in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Gsus4 – G – Fm – Ab
Machine sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gsus4 is G, C and D; G is G, B and D; Fm is F, Ab and C; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Gsus4IIIsus4GIIIFmiiAbIV- Gsus4G · C · D
- GG · B · D
- FmF · Ab · C
- AbAb · C · Eb
- 2
Left hand: Jazz walk
One note per beat, strolling like a jazz bassist. Musicians call it walking bass (walking bass), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Dewdrop twinkle
Two low, close notes twinkling up and back like morning dew. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Machine
What chords are in Machine?
The loop is Gsus4 – G – Fm – Ab (IIIsus – III – ii – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Machine in?
Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Machine?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Machine 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.