Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play More Precious Than Silver on piano
By Lynn DeShazo
- F major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
Learn More Precious Than Silver in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Csus4 – C – F – C
More Precious Than Silver sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Csus4 is C, F and G; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Csus4Vsus4CVFICV- Csus4C · F · G
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
- 2
Left hand: River roll
Flows up five notes with a little step near the top, like a river. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 242 songs of the library.
- 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
Both hands at 100 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: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about More Precious Than Silver
What chords are in More Precious Than Silver?
The loop is Csus4 – C – F – C (Vsus – V – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is More Precious Than Silver in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in More Precious Than Silver?
River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is More Precious Than Silver 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.