There’s Something About That Name Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn There’s Something About That Name in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Eb – Gm – Cm – Eb
There’s Something About That Name sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Gm is G, Bb and D; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIGmiiiCmviEbI
- EbEb · G · Bb
- GmG · Bb · D
- CmC · Eb · G
17 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Swan glide
Up the chord, then rocking between two notes: a smooth, gliding waltz. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 28 songs of the library.
Swan glideBroken chord · WaltzLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Sleepy waltz chords
A long chord, then a double on beat 3: a lazy, rocking waltz. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Sleepy waltz chordsSyncopated chords · WaltzRight handEasy
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Both hands at 120 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: Eb – Ab – Eb
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbAbEb
- AbAb · C · Eb

What chords are in There’s Something About That Name?

The loop is Eb – Gm – Cm – Eb (I – iii – vi – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.

What key is There’s Something About That Name in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in There’s Something About That Name?

Swan glide: broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is There’s Something About That Name 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.