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How to play Shoot Love on piano

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Learn Shoot Love in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Cm – Bb – Ab – G7
Shoot Love sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Bb is Bb, D and F; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiBbVIIAbVIG7V7
- CmC · Eb · G
- BbBb · D · F
- AbAb · C · Eb
- G7G · B · D · F
6 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Pony-trot pulse
Quick trotting notes, then a jump over beat 3 to its “and”. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 114 songs of the library.
Pony-trot pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Late-hop chords
Steady chords with one quick extra hop after beat 3. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Late-hop chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 132 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: Ab – Bb – Cm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm

What chords are in Shoot Love?

The loop is Cm – Bb – Ab – G7 (i – bVII – bVI – V7) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Shoot Love in?

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

What does the left hand play in Shoot Love?

Pony-trot pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Shoot 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.