Piano chords · Waltz garden
How to play Stronger on piano
- A major
- 3/4
- 69 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Learn Stronger in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Esus4 – A – D
Stronger sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Esus4 is E, A and B; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIVEsus4Vsus4AIDIV- DD · F# · A
- Esus4E · A · B
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Waltz rocking
Three quick notes up to the top, then one long note back down. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 70 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Waltz chords
A chord on each of the three beats: a simple waltz. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 69 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: D – E – A
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA- EE · G# · B
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Questions about Stronger
What chords are in Stronger?
The loop is D – Esus4 – A – D (IV – Vsus – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Stronger in?
A major, at about 69 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Stronger?
Waltz rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Stronger 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.