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How to play The Girl Who Has Everything on piano

By Michael Korie

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Left hand Velvet waltzThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn The Girl Who Has Everything in 5 steps

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

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    Chords: Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb

    The Girl Who Has Everything sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    Bb7V7EbIBb7V7EbI
    • Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
    • EbEb · G · Bb
    414 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Velvet waltz

    Soft two-note chords in three: a dreamy, jazzy waltz. Musicians call it lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3) (3/4) (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in 176 songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: the chords, held

    In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 135 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. 5

    Ending: Ab – Bb – Eb

    The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    AbBbEb
    • AbAb · C · Eb
    • BbBb · D · F

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Questions about The Girl Who Has Everything

What chords are in The Girl Who Has Everything?

The loop is Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is The Girl Who Has Everything in?

Eb major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in The Girl Who Has Everything?

Velvet waltz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3) (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Girl Who Has Everything 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.