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How to play The Mob Song on piano
By Alan Menken
- B minor
- 4/4
- 152 BPM
- 1991
- Medium
Learn The Mob Song in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F# – Bm – F# – Bm
The Mob Song sits in B minor: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F# is F#, A# and C#; Bm is B, D and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#VBmiF#VBmi- F#F# · A# · C#
- BmB · D · F#
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-skip chords
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 152 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: G – A – Bm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GABm- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E
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Questions about The Mob Song
What chords are in The Mob Song?
The loop is F# – Bm – F# – Bm (V – i – V – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is The Mob Song in?
B minor, at about 152 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Mob Song?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Mob Song 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.