Piano chords · Lullaby boat
How to play Pick Up Off The Floor on piano
By Mika
- A minor
- 6/8
- 108 BPM
- Medium
Learn Pick Up Off The Floor in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: A7 – D7 – G7 – C
Pick Up Off The Floor sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A7 is A, C#, E and G; D7 is D, F#, A and C; G7 is G, B, D and F; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
A7I7D7IV7G7VII7CIII- A7A · C# · E · G
- D7D · F# · A · C
- G7G · B · D · F
- CC · E · G
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Left hand: Sea-breeze roll
Four notes roll up and float in a gentle sway, light as a sea breeze. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10 (6/8) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 57 songs of the library.
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Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 108 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: F – G – Am
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- AmA · C · E
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Questions about Pick Up Off The Floor
What chords are in Pick Up Off The Floor?
The loop is A7 – D7 – G7 – C (I7 – IV7 – bVII7 – bIII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Pick Up Off The Floor in?
A minor, at about 108 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Pick Up Off The Floor?
Sea-breeze roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pick Up Off The Floor 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.