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How to play Six-Pack Summer on piano

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Learn Six-Pack Summer in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C – Am – F – G
How it goes
Six-Pack Summer sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIAmviFIVGV
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
95 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Island pulse
How it goes
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Island pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Hurrying chords
How it goes
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hurrying chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight 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.
5
Ending: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC

What chords are in Six-Pack Summer?

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

What key is Six-Pack Summer in?

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

What does the left hand play in Six-Pack Summer?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Six-Pack Summer 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.