Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Non Nobis Domine on piano

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Learn Non Nobis Domine in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb
Non Nobis Domine sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIEbIVBbIEbIV
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Soft chordsBlock chords · BalladRight handEasy
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.
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Ending: Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbBbsus4Bb
- Bbsus4Bb · Eb · F

What chords are in Non Nobis Domine?

The loop is Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb (I – IV – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Bbsus4 – Bb.

What key is Non Nobis Domine in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Non Nobis Domine?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Non Nobis Domine 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.