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How to play Of The Night on piano

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Learn Of The Night in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Db – Eb – Fm – Db
How it goes
Of The Night sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Db is Db, F and Ab; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DbIVEbVFmviDbIV
- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- FmF · Ab · C
55 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
How it goes
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Raindrop bounce
How it goes
From a high note down, then bouncing in the middle: raindrops on a pond. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Raindrop bounceFalling arpeggio · Film scoreRight handMedium
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Both hands at 124 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: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb
- AbAb · C · Eb

What chords are in Of The Night?

The loop is Db – Eb – Fm – Db (IV – V – vi – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Of The Night in?

Ab major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Of The Night?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Of The Night 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.