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How to play Some Other Time on piano

By Betty Comden

  • C major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 1945
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Eager chordsChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

Learn Some Other Time in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: C – Dm – Em – F – Em – Dm – Dm7

    Some Other Time sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 7 chords: C is C, E and G; Dm is D, F and A; Em is E, G and B; F is F, A and C; Dm7 is D, F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    CIDmiiEmiiiFIVEmiiiDmiiDm7ii7
    • CC · E · G
    • DmD · F · A
    • EmE · G · B
    • FF · A · C
    • Dm7D · F · A · C
    52 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Power fifths

    Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

    Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
  3. 3

    Right hand: Eager chords

    Jumps in early before beat 3, like the chords can’t wait. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

    Eager chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    Ending: C – Dm – C

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

    CDmC

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Questions about Some Other Time

What chords are in Some Other Time?

The loop is C – Dm – Em – F – Em – Dm – Dm7 (I – ii – iii – IV – iii – ii – ii7) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.

What key is Some Other Time in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Some Other Time?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Some Other Time easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of Some Other Time?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.