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How to play The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) on piano

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Learn The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – A7 – D – A7
How it goes
The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A7 is A, C#, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIA7V7DIA7V7
- DD · F# · A
- A7A · C# · E · G
222 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Three-step climb
How it goes
Root, fifth, octave, then let it ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Three-step climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Slow-down chords
How it goes
Quick chords rush through the first half, then slow down to land on 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Slow-down chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
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: D – C – D
How it goes
The last chords are I – bVII – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DCD
- CC · E · G

What chords are in The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)?

The loop is D – A7 – D – A7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in D major, and the song ends on D – C – D.

What key is The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) in?

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

What does the left hand play in The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye) 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.