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How to play Out Of Sight, Out of Mind on piano

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Learn Out Of Sight, Out of Mind in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C – F – F#dim – C7
How it goes
Out Of Sight, Out of Mind sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C; F#dim is F#, A and C; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CVFIF#dimbii°C7V7
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
- F#dimF# · A · C
- C7C · E · G · Bb
2
Left hand: Little-hill climb
How it goes
Up the chord three steps, then a jump back to the starting note. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-1 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 159 songs of the library.
Little-hill climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Trotting-sleigh chords
How it goes
Three quick chords on every beat: a rolling, joyful gallop. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Trotting-sleigh chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handTricky
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
Ending: Bb – C – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF
- BbBb · D · F