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Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Open Up The Heavens on piano

Written by Jason Ingram, Stuart Garrard & others

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Tap-and-nudgeChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn Open Up The Heavens in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: Eb – Bb – Eb – Gm

    How it goes

    Open Up The Heavens sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    EbIVBbIEbIVGmvi
    • EbEb · G · Bb
    • BbBb · D · F
    • GmG · Bb · D
    12 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    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
  3. 3

    Right hand: Tap-and-nudge

    How it goes

    Waits a beat, taps the root five times, then nudges one step up. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

    Tap-and-nudgeTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
  4. 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. 5

    Ending: F – Eb – Bb

    How it goes

    The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    FEbBb
    • FF · A · C

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Questions about Open Up The Heavens

What chords are in Open Up The Heavens?

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

What key is Open Up The Heavens in?

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

What does the left hand play in Open Up The Heavens?

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 Open Up The Heavens 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.