Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Sometimes When We Touch on piano
By Dan Hill
- D major
- 2/2
- 130 BPM
- I–I7–IV–iv loop
- 1977
- Medium
Learn Sometimes When We Touch in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – D7 – G – Gm
Sometimes When We Touch sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; D7 is D, F#, A and C; G is G, B and D; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DID7I7GIVGmiv- DD · F# · A
- D7D · F# · A · C
- GG · B · D
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rising bubbles
Three notes float up again and again, each time starting just off the beat. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 130 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
Ending: A – G – D
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AGD- AA · C# · E
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Questions about Sometimes When We Touch
What chords are in Sometimes When We Touch?
The loop is D – D7 – G – Gm (I – I7 – IV – iv) in D major, and the song ends on A – G – D.
What key is Sometimes When We Touch in?
D major, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Sometimes When We Touch?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sometimes When We Touch 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.