Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Ready For Love: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Blue Miller & India Arie
- E minor
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 2001
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Ready For Love written out as piano music: the Vsus – V – i – bVII loop in E minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10) and the right hand steady chords.
Ready For Love chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in E minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bsus4 | Vsus4 | B E F# |
| 2 | B | V | B D# F# |
| 3 | Em | i | E G B |
| 4 | D | VII | D F# A |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the Bsus4 – B – Em – D chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Ready For Love
Does the sheet music for Ready For Love have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Ready For Love?
The loop is Bsus4 – B – Em – D (Vsus – V – i – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Ready For Love in?
E minor, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ready For Love?
River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ready For Love 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.