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How to play See You Tonight on piano

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Learn See You Tonight in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A – E – F#m – D
See You Tonight sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; E is E, G# and B; F#m is F#, A and C#; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIEVF#mviDIV
- AA · C# · E
- EE · G# · B
- F#mF# · A · C#
- DD · F# · A
266 songs go round the same chords
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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.
Run-up footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Rooftop rain
A chord, then one high note pattering again and again like rain. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Rooftop rainTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
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Both hands at 160 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#m – D – A
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
F#mDA

What chords are in See You Tonight?

The loop is A – E – F#m – D (I – V – vi – IV) in A major, and the song ends on F#m – D – A.

What key is See You Tonight in?

A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in See You Tonight?

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 See You Tonight 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.