Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Theme from Beauty And The Beast on piano
By Lee Elwood Holdridge
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1989
- Medium
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Learn Theme from Beauty And The Beast in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Gm – Ab – Bb
How it goes
Theme from Beauty And The Beast sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Gm is G, Bb and D; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviGmiiiAbIVBbV- CmC · Eb · G
- GmG · Bb · D
- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
How it goes
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Late-knock chords
How it goes
One chord, a long wait, then a quick knock-knock at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 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.
- 5
Ending: Ab – Bb – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Theme from Beauty And The Beast
What chords are in Theme from Beauty And The Beast?
The loop is Cm – Gm – Ab – Bb (vi – iii – IV – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Theme from Beauty And The Beast in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Theme from Beauty And The Beast?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Theme from Beauty And The Beast 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.