The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – Cm – F – Cm
How it goes
The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FICmvFICmv
- FF · A · C
- CmC · Eb · G
28 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Hammock heartbeat
How it goes
Long-short, long-short: the low notes sway like a hammock. Musicians call it root bass · 6/8 lilt (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 128 songs of the library.
Hammock heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · LullabyLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Hammock chords
How it goes
Long-short, long-short: soft chords sway like a hammock. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hammock chordsSyncopated chords · LullabyRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 160 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: F – Gm – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGmF
- GmG · Bb · D

What chords are in The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time?

The loop is F – Cm – F – Cm (I – v – I – v) in F major, and the song ends on F – Gm – F.

What key is The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time in?

F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time?

Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Prince Is Giving A Ball/ Now Is The Time 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.