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How to play The Party's Just Begun on piano

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Learn The Party's Just Begun in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bm – G – A – Bm
How it goes
The Party's Just Begun sits in B minor: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bm is B, D and F#; G is G, B and D; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BmiGVIAVIIBmi
- BmB · D · F#
- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E
21 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hiccup heartbeat
How it goes
A tiny hiccup just before beat 3, then a push on the “and”. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 121 songs of the library.
Hiccup heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · RockRight handMedium
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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 – A – Bm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GABm

What chords are in The Party's Just Begun?

The loop is Bm – G – A – Bm (i – bVI – bVII – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is The Party's Just Begun in?

B minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Party's Just Begun?

Hiccup heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Party's Just Begun 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.