Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Mended on piano

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Learn Mended in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Gm – Eb – Bb – Gm
Mended sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmviEbIVBbIGmvi
- GmG · Bb · D
- EbEb · G · Bb
- BbBb · D · F
41 songs go round the same chords
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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.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Sleep-in chords
Quiet for half the bar, then three chords wake up near the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Sleep-in chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 144 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.
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Ending: Eb – F – Bb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb
- FF · A · C

What chords are in Mended?

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

What key is Mended in?

Bb major, at about 144 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Mended?

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

Is Mended 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.