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How to play Make Up Your Mind on piano
Written by Florence Welch & Thomas Hull
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 132 BPM
- vi–V–I–IV loop
- 2015
- Medium
Learn Make Up Your Mind in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Bb – Eb – Ab
Make Up Your Mind sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviBbVEbIAbIV- CmC · Eb · G
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
- AbAb · C · Eb
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 132 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
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Questions about Make Up Your Mind
What chords are in Make Up Your Mind?
The loop is Cm – Bb – Eb – Ab (vi – V – I – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Make Up Your Mind in?
Eb major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Make Up Your Mind?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Make Up Your Mind 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.