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Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Making Our Dreams Come True on piano

By Norman Gimbel

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 140 BPM
  • 1976
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Making Our Dreams Come True in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: F – A7 – Dm – Bb

    Making Our Dreams Come True sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; A7 is A, C#, E and G; Dm is D, F and A; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    FIA7III7DmviBbIV
    • FF · A · C
    • A7A · C# · E · G
    • DmD · F · A
    • BbBb · D · F
  2. 2

    Left hand: Engine 8ths

    The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: Hopscotch chords

    Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 140 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. 5

    Ending: F – Gm – F

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

    FGmF
    • GmG · Bb · D

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Questions about Making Our Dreams Come True

What chords are in Making Our Dreams Come True?

The loop is F – A7 – Dm – Bb (I – III7 – vi – IV) in F major, and the song ends on F – Gm – F.

What key is Making Our Dreams Come True in?

F major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Making Our Dreams Come True?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Making Our Dreams Come True 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.