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How to play The Horizon Has Been Defeated on piano

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Learn The Horizon Has Been Defeated in 5 steps

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

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Chords: G – C – F – G
The Horizon Has Been Defeated sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GICIVFbVIIGI
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
13 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Lub-dub heartbeat
Two quick beats, a pause, two quick beats: just like a real heart. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 294 songs of the library.
Lub-dub heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Hopscotch bells
A high bell note, a chord, a skipped beat, and one more chord. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hopscotch bellsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 90 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: D – C – G
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DCG
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in The Horizon Has Been Defeated?

The loop is G – C – F – G (I – IV – bVII – I) in G major, and the song ends on D – C – G.

What key is The Horizon Has Been Defeated in?

G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Horizon Has Been Defeated?

Lub-dub heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Horizon Has Been Defeated easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.