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How to play Take You Down on piano
By Chris Brown
- B minor
- 4/4
- 65 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Learn Take You Down in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F#m – G – D#dim – Em
Take You Down sits in B minor: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; G is G, B and D; D#dim is D#, F# and A; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#mvGVID#dimiii°Emiv- F#mF# · A · C#
- GG · B · D
- D#dimD# · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Walking roots
One low note on every beat, steady as walking feet. Musicians call it root bass · quarters (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Ticking clock
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 65 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: G – A – Bm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GABm- AA · C# · E
- BmB · D · F#
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Questions about Take You Down
What chords are in Take You Down?
The loop is F#m – G – D#dim – Em (v – bVI – iiio – iv) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is Take You Down in?
B minor, at about 65 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Take You Down?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Take You Down 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.