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How to play Through The Dark on piano

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Learn Through The Dark in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

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Chords: A – D – A – D
Through The Dark sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIDIVAIDIV
- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
782 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Walking roots
One low note on every beat, steady as walking feet. Musicians call it root bass · quarters (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Walking rootsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Double island chords
The island rhythm squeezed in twice per bar: quick and dancy. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Double island chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 132 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: F#m – E – A
The last chords are vi – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
F#mEA
- F#mF# · A · C#
- EE · G# · B

What chords are in Through The Dark?

The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on F#m – E – A.

What key is Through The Dark in?

A major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Through The Dark?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Through The Dark 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.