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How to play Setting The World On Fire on piano
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- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V–IV–I loop
- Medium
Learn Setting The World On Fire in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: C – G – F – C
Setting The World On Fire sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIGVFIVCI- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
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Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Push chords
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
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Both hands at 100 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 – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
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Questions about Setting The World On Fire
What chords are in Setting The World On Fire?
The loop is C – G – F – C (I – V – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Setting The World On Fire in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Setting The World On Fire?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Setting The World On Fire 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.