Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play New Moon on piano
- A minor
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- 2009
- Medium
Learn New Moon in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – F – G – E
New Moon sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D; E is E, G# and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiFVIGVIIEV- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- EE · G# · B
- 2
Left hand: Shimmering waves
A low root, then two notes rocking fast like light on water. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 58 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pinwheel
Three notes spin in a loop that keeps landing in new places. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 110 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: F – G – Am
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm
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Questions about New Moon
What chords are in New Moon?
The loop is Am – F – G – E (i – bVI – bVII – V) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is New Moon in?
A minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in New Moon?
Shimmering waves: open arpeggio 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is New Moon 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.