Piano chords · Waltz garden
How to play The Truth on piano
- D# minor
- 3/4
- 160 BPM
- 2002
- Medium
Learn The Truth in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D# – C# – D# – C#
The Truth sits in D# minor: D# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D# is D#, F## and A#; C# is C#, E# and G#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
D#IC#VIID#IC#VII- D#D# · F## · A#
- C#C# · E# · G#
- 2
Left hand: Spinning-top pulse
Six even low notes in a three-beat bar, spinning round and round. Musicians call it root bass · 3/4 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 87 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 160 BPM
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: B – C# – D#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BC#D#m- BB · D# · F#
- D#mD# · F# · A#
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Questions about The Truth
What chords are in The Truth?
The loop is D# – C# – D# – C# (I5 – bVII5 – I5 – bVII5) in D# minor, and the song ends on B – C# – D#m.
What key is The Truth in?
D# minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in The Truth?
Spinning-top pulse: root bass · 3/4 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Truth 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.