Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play This Is My Time on piano
By Raven Symone
- F major
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- 2004
- Medium
Learn This Is My Time in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bb – Dm – Csus4 – Bb
This Is My Time sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Dm is D, F and A; Csus4 is C, F and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIVDmviCsus4Vsus4BbIV- BbBb · D · F
- DmD · F · A
- Csus4C · F · G
- 2
Left hand: Bubbly heartbeat
Steady beats filled with quick little pickups around beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 173 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rocking thirds
Two neighbouring chord notes rocking back and forth, soft and sweet. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 110 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: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
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Questions about This Is My Time
What chords are in This Is My Time?
The loop is Bb – Dm – Csus4 – Bb (IV – vi – Vsus – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is This Is My Time in?
F major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in This Is My Time?
Bubbly heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Is My Time 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.