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How to play That's What It's All About on piano

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Learn That's What It's All About in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A – D – A – D
That's What It's All About sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIDIVAIDIV
- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hurrying footsteps
Calm steps in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 642 songs of the library.
Hurrying footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Late-hop chords
Steady chords with one quick extra hop after beat 3. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Late-hop chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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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: A – D – A
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in That's What It's All About?

The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on A – D – A.

What key is That's What It's All About in?

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

What does the left hand play in That's What It's All About?

Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That's What It's All About 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.