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How to play The Answer on piano
By Jeremy Camp
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- Medium
Learn The Answer in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Fm – Ab – Dbsus4
The Answer sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Fm is F, Ab and C; Dbsus4 is Db, Gb and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIFmviAbIDbsus4IVsus4- AbAb · C · Eb
- FmF · Ab · C
- Dbsus4Db · Gb · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Tap-dance footsteps
Busy little taps around beat 2, then two calm steps to finish. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 100 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.
- 4
Both hands at 80 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: Fm – Eb – Ab
The last chords are vi – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FmEbAb- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about The Answer
What chords are in The Answer?
The loop is Ab – Fm – Ab – Dbsus4 (I – vi – I – IVsus) in Ab major, and the song ends on Fm – Eb – Ab.
What key is The Answer in?
Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Answer?
Tap-dance footsteps: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Answer 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.