Piano chords · Waltz garden
How to play There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This on piano
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- A major
- 3/4
- 160 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- Medium
Learn There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: A – D – A – D
There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIDIVAIDIV- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
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Left hand: Sliding twins
Two notes together step down beat by beat, like a hymn closing. Musicians call it lh power fifths (3/4) (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in 258 songs of the library.
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Right hand: Chattering waltz
After the first beat, quick chords and notes chatter to the end of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
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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.
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Ending: D – E – A
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA- EE · G# · B
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Questions about There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This
What chords are in There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This?
The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This in?
A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This?
Sliding twins: lh power fifths (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This 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.