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How to play This Is Love on piano
By Will.i.am
- C minor
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
Learn This Is Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: Cm – Fm – Eb – Bb – Eb – Bb
This Is Love sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 6 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Fm is F, Ab and C; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiFmivEbIIIBbVIIEbIIIBbVII- CmC · Eb · G
- FmF · Ab · C
- EbEb · G · Bb
- BbBb · D · F
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Left hand: Tiptoe heartbeat
One firm note, then three tiptoe steps between the beats. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 245 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 128 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: Ab – Bb – Cm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm- AbAb · C · Eb
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Questions about This Is Love
What chords are in This Is Love?
The loop is Cm – Fm – Eb – Bb – Eb – Bb (i – iv – III – VII – III – VII) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is This Is Love in?
C minor, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in This Is Love?
Tiptoe heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Is Love easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of This Is Love?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.