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How to play This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) on piano
- C major
- 4/4
- 76 BPM
- 1979
- Medium
Learn This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: C – Em – F – C – Am – Em – Dm7 – Em
This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 8 chords: C is C, E and G; Em is E, G and B; F is F, A and C; Am is A, C and E; Dm7 is D, F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIEmiiiFIVCIAmviEmiiiDm7ii7Emiii- CC · E · G
- EmE · G · B
- FF · A · C
- AmA · C · E
- Dm7D · F · A · C
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Left hand: Galloping seesaw
Low-high-high, low-high-high with a push: busy and bright. Musicians call it root–fifth 1-5-5-1 (root–fifth bass), a medium pattern heard in 61 songs of the library.
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Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 76 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: C – Csus4 – C
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CCsus4C- Csus4C · F · G
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Questions about This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)
What chords are in This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)?
The loop is C – Em – F – C – Am – Em – Dm7 – Em (I – iii – IV – I – vi – iii – ii7 – iii) in C major, and the song ends on C – Csus4 – C.
What key is This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) in?
C major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)?
Galloping seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-1, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.