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How to play O Bless The Lord, My Soul on piano
Written by Stephen Schwartz
- A minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
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Learn O Bless The Lord, My Soul in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Am – C – D
How it goes
O Bless The Lord, My Soul sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Am is A, C and E; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIVAmiCIIIDIV- DD · F# · A
- AmA · C · E
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Island pulse
How it goes
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Bouncing star
How it goes
A note and its twin an octave away bounce back and forth. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: A – E7 – A
How it goes
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AE7A- AA · C# · E
- E7E · G# · B · D
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Questions about O Bless The Lord, My Soul
What chords are in O Bless The Lord, My Soul?
The loop is D – Am – C – D (IV – i – bIII – IV) in A minor, and the song ends on A – E7 – A.
What key is O Bless The Lord, My Soul in?
A minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in O Bless The Lord, My Soul?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is O Bless The Lord, My Soul 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.