Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Take Me Away on piano
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- E minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2013
- Medium
Learn Take Me Away in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Em – D – Am – C
Take Me Away sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; D is D, F# and A; Am is A, C and E; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiDVIIAmivCVI- EmE · G · B
- DD · F# · A
- AmA · C · E
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Push chords
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
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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.
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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
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Questions about Take Me Away
What chords are in Take Me Away?
The loop is Em – D – Am – C (i – bVII – iv – bVI) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Take Me Away in?
E minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Take Me Away?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Take Me Away 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.