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How to play Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most on piano

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  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Heartbeat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: Dm – G7 – Em – A7

    Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; G7 is G, B, D and F; Em is E, G and B; A7 is A, C#, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    DmiiG7V7EmiiiA7VI7
    • DmD · F · A
    • G7G · B · D · F
    • EmE · G · B
    • A7A · C# · E · G
  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: Heartbeat chords

    Long, short, long: chords on the pop heartbeat, then a rest. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

    Heartbeat 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: F – G – C

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

    FGC
    • FF · A · C
    • GG · B · D
    • CC · E · G

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Questions about Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

What chords are in Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most?

The loop is Dm – G7 – Em – A7 (ii – V7 – iii – VI7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most in?

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

What does the left hand play in Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most?

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

Is Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 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.