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How to play The Echo Of A Serenade on piano
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- F major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1935
- Tricky
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Learn The Echo Of A Serenade in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Bbm – F – Dm
How it goes
The Echo Of A Serenade sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Bbm is Bb, Db and F; Dm is D, F and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIBbmivFIDmvi- FF · A · C
- BbmBb · Db · F
- DmD · F · A
- 2
Left hand: Mountain leap
How it goes
Three notes from very low to very high, leaping across the keyboard. Musicians call it wide arpeggio 1-5-15 (wide arpeggio), a tricky pattern heard in 83 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 100 BPM
How it goes
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: F – Bb7 – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FBb7F- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
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Questions about The Echo Of A Serenade
What chords are in The Echo Of A Serenade?
The loop is F – Bbm – F – Dm (I – iv – I – vi) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb7 – F.
What key is The Echo Of A Serenade in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Echo Of A Serenade?
Mountain leap: wide arpeggio 1-5-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Echo Of A Serenade easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.