This Is Your Time Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn This Is Your Time 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 – Bb – F – Gm
This Is Your Time sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F; F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIVBbIFVGmvi
- EbEb · G · Bb
- BbBb · D · F
- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
141 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hammock heartbeat
Long-short, long-short: the low notes sway like a hammock. Musicians call it root bass · 6/8 lilt (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 128 songs of the library.
Hammock heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · LullabyLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Tug-of-war chords
Four even chords stretched across a rocking bar: a gentle push and pull. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Tug-of-war chordsSyncopated chords · LullabyRight handMedium
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Both hands at 60 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 – F – Bb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb

What chords are in This Is Your Time?

The loop is Eb – Bb – F – Gm (IV – I – V – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is This Is Your Time in?

Bb major, at about 60 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in This Is Your Time?

Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is This Is Your 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.