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How to play Rumour Has It on piano
By Adele
- F major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
Learn Rumour Has It in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – Db – F – Gm
Rumour Has It sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; Db is Db, F and Ab; F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmviDbbVIFIGmii- DmD · F · A
- DbDb · F · Ab
- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Run-up footsteps
Four steady steps plus a quick extra one that leads into the next bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 581 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Hurrying chords
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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.
- 5
Ending: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
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Questions about Rumour Has It
What chords are in Rumour Has It?
The loop is Dm – Db – F – Gm (vi – bVI – I – ii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Rumour Has It in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Rumour Has It?
Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Rumour Has It 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.