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How to play Say Goodbye To Hollywood on piano

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Learn Say Goodbye To Hollywood in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C – F – C – F
How it goes
Say Goodbye To Hollywood sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIFIVCIFIV
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
782 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Knocking drop
How it goes
Three pushes on the same note, then a drop on beat 4. Musicians call it broken chord 8-8-8-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 210 songs of the library.
Knocking dropBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 132 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: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Say Goodbye To Hollywood?

The loop is C – F – C – F (I – IV – I – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Say Goodbye To Hollywood in?

C major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Say Goodbye To Hollywood?

Knocking drop: broken chord 8-8-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Say Goodbye To Hollywood 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.