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How to play There Is A Reason on piano
By Alison Krauss
- A major
- 4/4
- 108 BPM
- I–V–IV–V loop
- Medium
Learn There Is A Reason in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: A – E – D – E
There Is A Reason sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; E is E, G# and B; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIEVDIVEV- AA · C# · E
- EE · G# · B
- DD · F# · A
- 2
Left hand: Stair steps
Three notes climb up the chord in the island rhythm. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 438 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Sunrise
Three notes keep climbing in quick loops, bright like the morning sun. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 108 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: A – D – A
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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Questions about There Is A Reason
What chords are in There Is A Reason?
The loop is A – E – D – E (I – V – IV – V) in A major, and the song ends on A – D – A.
What key is There Is A Reason in?
A major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in There Is A Reason?
Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There Is A Reason 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.