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Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Show The Wonder on piano

By Jeff Deyo

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Mouse-run chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Show The Wonder in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: D#m – B – C# – D#m

    Show The Wonder sits in F# major: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D#m is D#, F# and A#; B is B, D# and F#; C# is C#, E# and G#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    D#mviBIVC#VD#mvi
    • D#mD# · F# · A#
    • BB · D# · F#
    • C#C# · E# · G#
    39 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Engine 8ths

    The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: Mouse-run chords

    Skips beat 1, scurries through four quick chords, then hides. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 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. 5

    Ending: B – C# – F#

    The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    BC#F#
    • F#F# · A# · C#

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Questions about Show The Wonder

What chords are in Show The Wonder?

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

What key is Show The Wonder in?

F# major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Show The Wonder?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Show The Wonder 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.