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How to play Ticket To Ride on piano

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Learn Ticket To Ride in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb
How it goes
Ticket To Ride sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIEbIVBbIEbIV
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
782 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Little steps
How it goes
Up the chord and back, one step at a time. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-3 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 304 songs of the library.
Little stepsBroken chord · ClassicalLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Dreamy flicker
How it goes
Two notes flicker with a soft, dreamy, slightly bluesy colour. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Dreamy flickerTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 105 BPM
How it goes
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 – Cm – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCmBb
- CmC · Eb · G

What chords are in Ticket To Ride?

The loop is Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb (I – IV – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Cm – Bb.

What key is Ticket To Ride in?

Bb major, at about 105 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Ticket To Ride?

Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Ticket To Ride 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.