Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play Stupid Girls on piano

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Learn Stupid Girls in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Em – Am – Em – Am
Stupid Girls sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiAmivEmiAmiv
- EmE · G · B
- AmA · C · E
68 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Drumming bass
The root drummed on every quick beat, with a tiny step at the end. Musicians call it broken chord 1-1 (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 263 songs of the library.
Drumming bassBroken chord · BalladLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Skipping-stone chords
One chord, then two bounces on the “ands”, like a stone on water. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Skipping-stone chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 90 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.
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Ending: C – D – Em
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in Stupid Girls?

The loop is Em – Am – Em – Am (i – iv – i – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Stupid Girls in?

E minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Stupid Girls?

Drumming bass: broken chord 1-1, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Stupid Girls 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.