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How to play This Is My Song on piano
Written by Charles Chaplin
- Bb major
- 6/8
- 83 BPM
- V7–ii–V7–I loop
- 1966
- Medium
Learn This Is My Song in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F7 – Cm – F7 – Bb
This Is My Song sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Cm is C, Eb and G; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F7V7CmiiF7V7BbI- F7F · A · C · Eb
- CmC · Eb · G
- BbBb · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Swelling 6/8
Rises to the top and falls back in one rocking six-note wave. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 73 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Hammock chords
Long-short, long-short: soft chords sway like a hammock. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 83 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: Cm – F7 – Bb
The last chords are ii – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CmF7Bb
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Questions about This Is My Song
What chords are in This Is My Song?
The loop is F7 – Cm – F7 – Bb (V7 – ii – V7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.
What key is This Is My Song in?
Bb major, at about 83 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in This Is My Song?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Is My Song 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.