Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play The Little Girl I Once Knew on piano

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Learn The Little Girl I Once Knew 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 – G – C
How it goes
The Little Girl I Once Knew 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. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
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- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Little-hill climb
How it goes
Up the chord three steps, then a jump back to the starting note. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-1 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 159 songs of the library.
Little-hill climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
How it goes
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Freeze-tag chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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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.
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Ending: G – C – G
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in The Little Girl I Once Knew?

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

What key is The Little Girl I Once Knew in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Little Girl I Once Knew?

Little-hill climb: broken chord 1-3-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Little Girl I Once Knew 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.