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How to play The More Things Change on piano
By Bon Jovi
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
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Learn The More Things Change in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Db – Bbm – Db
How it goes
The More Things Change sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Db is Db, F and Ab; Bbm is Bb, Db and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIDbIVBbmiiDbIV- AbAb · C · Eb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- BbmBb · Db · F
- 2
Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
How it goes
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 126 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.
- 5
Ending: Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are Vsus – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
Ebsus4EbAb- Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about The More Things Change
What chords are in The More Things Change?
The loop is Ab – Db – Bbm – Db (I – IV – ii – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ebsus4 – Eb – Ab.
What key is The More Things Change in?
Ab major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The More Things Change?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The More Things Change 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.