Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play The Gift on piano
By Jim Brickman
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 1997
- Medium
Learn The Gift in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Gm – Bb – Eb
The Gift sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D; Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FVGmviBbIEbIV- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: Eb – F – Bb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb
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Questions about The Gift
What chords are in The Gift?
The loop is F – Gm – Bb – Eb (V – vi – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is The Gift in?
Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in The Gift?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Gift 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.