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How to play The Wrong Girl on piano
Written by Liz Rose & Pat McLaughlin
- G major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–vi–I–vi loop
- 2003
- Medium
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Learn The Wrong Girl in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G – Em – G – Em
How it goes
The Wrong Girl sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIEmviGIEmvi- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Late-hop footsteps
How it goes
Steady low-high steps with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 659 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-skip chords
How it goes
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: G – Em – G
How it goes
The last chords are I – vi – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GEmG
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Questions about The Wrong Girl
What chords are in The Wrong Girl?
The loop is G – Em – G – Em (I – vi – I – vi) in G major, and the song ends on G – Em – G.
What key is The Wrong Girl in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Wrong Girl?
Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Wrong Girl 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.