Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Nobody Wants To Be Lonely on piano

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Learn Nobody Wants To Be Lonely in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Am – G – Dm – F
How it goes
Nobody Wants To Be Lonely sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D; Dm is D, F and A; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiGVIIDmivFVI
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
- DmD · F · A
- FF · A · C
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Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Rocking thirds
How it goes
Two neighbouring chord notes rocking back and forth, soft and sweet. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Rocking thirdsTwo-note ostinato · PopRight handMedium
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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.
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Ending: F – G – Am
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm

What chords are in Nobody Wants To Be Lonely?

The loop is Am – G – Dm – F (i – bVII – iv – bVI) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is Nobody Wants To Be Lonely in?

A minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Nobody Wants To Be Lonely?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Nobody Wants To Be Lonely 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.