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How to play The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot) on piano

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Learn The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot) 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#m – D – A – F#m
How it goes
The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot) sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#mviDIVAIF#mvi
- F#mF# · A · C#
- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
41 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Push and land
How it goes
A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Push and landRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Starlight twinkle
How it goes
A chord, then two high notes twinkling like distant stars. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Starlight twinkleTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 72 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 – E – A
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA
- EE · G# · B

What chords are in The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot)?

The loop is F#m – D – A – F#m (vi – IV – I – vi) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot) in?

A major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot)?

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

Is The Song That Goes Like This (from Monty Python's Spamalot) 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.