Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play Sissy’s Song on piano

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Learn Sissy’s Song in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: F – C – Bb – C
How it goes
Sissy’s Song sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FICVBbIVCV
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- BbBb · D · F
69 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Three-step climb
How it goes
Root, fifth, octave, then let it ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Three-step climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Swinging star
How it goes
A high note and a lower one swing back and forth in quick notes. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Swinging starTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 100 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.
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Ending: Bb – C7 – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbC7F
- C7C · E · G · Bb

What chords are in Sissy’s Song?

The loop is F – C – Bb – C (I – V – IV – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C7 – F.

What key is Sissy’s Song in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Sissy’s Song?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Sissy’s Song 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.