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How to play The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers on piano

By Sherman Brothers

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Left hand Swelling 6/8The right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: F – C7 – F – C7

    How it goes

    The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    FIC7V7FIC7V7
    • FF · A · C
    • C7C · E · G · Bb
    222 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Swelling 6/8

    How it goes

    Rises to the top and falls back in one rocking six-note wave. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 73 songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: the chords, held

    How it goes

    In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.

  4. 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. 5

    Ending: G7 – C7 – F

    How it goes

    The last chords are II7 – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    G7C7F
    • G7G · B · D · F

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Questions about The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

What chords are in The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers?

The loop is F – C7 – F – C7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on G7 – C7 – F.

What key is The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers in?

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

What does the left hand play in The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers 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.