Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play No Other Love on piano
- F major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1953
- Medium
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Learn No Other Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Dm7 – F – F – Dm7 – E – C7
How it goes
No Other Love sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 7 chords: F is F, A and C; Dm7 is D, F, A and C; E is E, G# and B; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIDm7vi7FIFIDm7vi7EVIIC7V7- FF · A · C
- Dm7D · F · A · C
- EE · G# · B
- C7C · E · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Rolling waves
How it goes
Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Skip-and-stroll chords
How it goes
A skippy push at the start, then calm chords on 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 BPM
How it goes
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 – C7 – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FC7F
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Questions about No Other Love
What chords are in No Other Love?
The loop is F – Dm7 – F – F – Dm7 – E – C7 (I – vi7 – I – vi7 – VII – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is No Other Love in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in No Other Love?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is No Other Love easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of No Other Love?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.